Tim Steller’s June 20 column in the Arizona Daily Star was titled, “Guthrie-case streamers’ behavior questionable.” It was about three local guys he called “YouTube livestreamers.” They were cited for creating a public nuisance by Pima County Sheriff deputies after being warned to leave Nancy Guthrie’s neighborhood.
Background for non-Tucsonans: Ever since Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance, gawkers in search of a meaningful life—as well as news reporters in search of something new about the Guthrie case—have been milling about in front of her house and in her Foothills neighborhood. They have left litter behind, peed behind bushes, napped in their cars, and, early in the case, trampled through the yard, possibly destroying evidence.
They’re probably from the same segment of society that follows Harry and Meghan.
Neighbors understandably tired of having their tranquility disrupted for months by rude voyeurs whose insensitivity is matched by their self-absorption. It doesn’t dawn on the interlopers that residents might be on edge and wary of strangers after a neighbor was abducted and probably murdered.
Anyway, the three livestreamers in question “report” on crime and other issues in Tucson. Accordingly, Steller pondered in his column whether the three are legitimate journalists and whether their behavior is protected by the First Amendment.
He went on to write:
The oft-repeated justification for their hours long YouTube gabfests is that they are keeping Guthrie’s disappearance in the public eye, even working to solve the case. But what I think these overlapping groups of true-crime fans really find online is community. There’s community in supporting their favorite streamers and community in their quixotic effort to solve a mystery.
To paraphrase Groucho Marx, I don’t want to be a member of any community that would have me, especially that one.
Damian Enderle, aka 857 Tucson, has posted two videos about Tucson:
“Tucson Is Home (AI tribute to the Old Pueblo)
“Unity in the Community”
Talk about irony! A guy who was cited for creating a public nuisance and obstructing a thoroughfare in a Tucson community posts a tribute to the Old Pueblo and a video about unity in the community.
Mr. Cantoni lives in a gated community in the Foothills with machine-gun nests, flame throwers and Dobermans at the entrance.
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