Bryant: "...They weren't killed ?"
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Evidence That Indicates Martin Bryant Innocent
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Taped phone calls with Martin Bryant at Seascape that night with Tasmanian Police Negotiator Sgt. Terry McCarthy reveal Bryant didn't know what had happened at Port Arthur that day.
During the course of those calls when told about the shootings at Port Arthur Bryant asked if anybody was hurt and when told yes he said in a genuinely concerned voice "they weren't killed ?".
THESE ARE NOT THE WORDS OF SOMEONE WHO KNEW WHAT HAD HAPPENED THERE THAT DAY.
Even Terry McCarthy remarked Bryant's demeanour was not that of what he should have been for someone who had shot 55 people. He described those conversations as bizzare.
The complete transcript of that conversation is below.
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This is because Bryant had never left Seascape and had not done anything that afternoon. This is why they came over to McCarthy as bizzare.
Later in hospital Bryant was told by staff more details of what had happened at Port Arthur which he recounted in a police interview by saying he had "been informed" and hadn't shot anyone.
Furthermore ALL OF THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH HIS PLEA OF NOT GULTY in later Court proceedings.
Bryant's involvement in this incident, based on the evidence available, indicates he was recruited by others into playing a role in the operation which involved him dropping off his car at Seascape, him staying there, him manning the phone while others fired shots from the windows, and saying silly things on the phone which would be consistent with his role. This is all he did and it is quite clear he was totally unaware he was going to be the bunny for it all. Bryant was most likely told it was pretend play acting out for a training exercise and he naively decided to help out. This is the best explanation that fits. ( And for everyone's benefit this website knows this was an exercise in part by SAC-PAV - wherein they created a real massacre and then had emergency services respond to it and later sat back an evaluated the response ).
But Bryant's words to McCarthy clearly indicates he had no idea what was planned for that afternoon. You can see also in the transcript Bryant's prior asking for a helicopter that McCarthy refers to and he's trying to establish if there is a connection between it and the shootings and Bryant's response is "no no they're not at all". Again Bryant in saying that indicates he didn't know what had happened at Port Arthur ( and was saying things on the phone he was told to say - like ask for a helicopter and call himself Jamie ).
All of this reinforces the other evidence he was not the gunman who shot people in the Broad Arrow Cafe, carpark, tollgate and outside Seascape that afternoon.
TRANSCRIPT OF TAPE SEGMENT:
Jamie:
Yeah what what went on at Port Arthur?
McCarthy:
Well I was hoping that you might be able to tell me a little bit about what happened at Port Arthur you being down there.
Jamie:
Was there anyone hurt?
McCarthy:
Well, I understand there’s been er er a number of people hurt at Port Arthur.
Jamie:
Oh they weren’t killed?
McCarthy:
Well, I don’t know what, I don’t know the full details I know that er er somebody’s been shooting at people down at Port Arthur and er in the mean time ah we’ve also encountered the problem that we have with you, you sort of er want a helicopter and all these things and we’re trying to establish whether
Jamie:
Em
McCarthy:
that’s er you know the same incidents are related in any way
Jamie:
No no they’re not at all.
McCarthy:
They’re not.
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