Inside the Theatre

[Gene C]

When in a crowd, I think a common reaction is to wait and see if someone else responds to what has happened. Then you either follow the leader or feel like any persoanl involvement is not necesary. So if that first responder is not in the first row or two, he's blocked by the crowd.

So much of this crime seems to be an attention grab by Booth. He could have just as easily have killed Lincoln in a less conspicuous way. I wonder what Freud (or Frazier) would say about all this? Must be why I enjoyed "My Thoughts Be Bloody" by Nora Titone