I hear you. Personally I found her demeanor understandable for a couple of reasons. (Which admittedly involve some mind reading on my part, which can also be called "putting myself in her shoes.") 1) She was defensive, because she had reason to be defensive. She implicitly was being accused of malfeasance, and she knew it, no matter how neutral the interviewer presented himself to be. People being accused will react defensively, especially when they believe the accusation is unfair and unwarranted. 2) I can't even imagine how much horror a State's Attorney for Baltimore sees in a given year. This eventually has to inure them to it. (Add in this imagined quote, which may have been happening in her mind: "Do you know how many black bodies I have to clean up after in a given year? And you want me to care especially about this one because she was white?") A State's Attorney might be able to give lip service to how moved they were by the circumstances of one particular case out of thousands, but lip service is probably all it would be. If she didn't try to fake it, I can forgive her for it.
Not saying that it wouldn't have been nice for her to say what you're suggesting. It would have been.
(And you want me to care especially about this one because she was white?") But at this point there were 40-50 women that had come forward, not just one. She was paid off by someone, cops or the church. Take your pick.
