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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]After watching the body cam, I wonder if there's any system that could have set Gabby up with immediate crisis counseling, even though she was cited as the aggressor? It was hard to see them send off a young woman who had just been bawling for an hour and was clearly shaky and uncomfortable driving alone to spend a night in a van in the desert. She clearly needed more help than to be told a cheap place to get a shower. I think the officers generally handled everything well, but social services are a major gap in the system.

I also can't help but wonder if this never would have happened if they didn't have the additional stress of trying to live a public Instagram/YouTube/blogosphere perfect life on top of the inherent stress of spending weeks or months with one other person in a tiny space. G said B didn't support her blog or believe she could do it, which, honestly, is a fair concern. Most parents would express similar doubts if their child's aspiration was to be a lifestyle blogger. He may have gaslit her and baited her (possible); he could have had malicious intent all along (less likely); or he could have just snapped from the stress (probable), maybe once or twice, or maybe repeatedly until it became a sick pattern. Then panicked.

But would that have happened without all the social media stuff?[/quote]

Way to blame the victim. What about Brian having the guts to stop the trip if he thought her plan wasn't viable. (By that I mean getting an Uber, not killing her.) She was not causing him stress. His stress was his thoughts about it. He was also classically abusive. One of her friends reported to the media that he took her ID so she couldn't go out with her. I'm certain his parents knew about the abuse; I mean they lived with them. They turned a blind eye and then defiantly helped him escape. These kinds of posts are sanctioning abusive behavior. That you have doubts about what she wanted to do means nothing. [/quote]

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