Arliss Gaddis, testifying in his own defense against the advice of two lawyers, was asked by a special prosecutor named Yvonne Dasgupta why he had not called for an ambulance.

And he said — and I was eleven feet away and I wrote it down within the minute —

“Because it didn’t look that bad.”

Ms.

Dasgupta let that sit for about three seconds.

Then she said, “Mr.

Gaddis, how long did you look at her leg?”

And he said, “I don’t know.