Don't believe it when AZ police chief said Uber victim “came from the shadows”

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This is one of the first frames of the Uber dashcam video where Elaine Herzberg is visible. Notice that you can faintly see a white sign to the far right of the image. This sign is much more clearly visible in videos taken by YouTubers.

When police released footage from the Uber vehicle's onboard camera on Wednesday, it seemed to somewhat support this view. In the video, Herzberg's feet become visible only about 1.4 seconds before the final frame of the video. Prior to that point, she appears shrouded in shadow.

But then people in the Tempe area started making their own videos—videos that give a dramatically different impression of that section of roadway.

In this nighttime video, posted to YouTube by Brian Kaufman on Wednesday, the scene of the crash can be seen around 0:33. Features at the sides of the road—including curbs, signs, and bushes—are clearly visible. No pedestrians walk into the road during the video, but it seems clear that Herzberg would have been visible much earlier if the Uber video had been taken with this camera.

Uber dashcam video still:



Dashcam video still not shot by a potato:

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