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– – – – – – – – – – – – — When the body camera footage from Todd Snider’s arrest in Salt Lake City on November 2nd was released, his fans, family, and friends were faced with a moral conundrum if they should even consume it. Arrested for criminal trespass, threat of violence, and disorderly conduct at the Holy Cross Hospital in Salt Lake after Snider sought treatment at the hospital and was denied, the footage felt like a element of tabloid gotcha media. Those who’s curiosity got the best of them, or maybe sincerely concerned about Snider’s well being and what he experienced broke down and watched.
But after Todd Snider died on November 14th, the moments captured in the body camera footage took on a completely different aspect and importance. The same moments went from excruciating to watch because you sensed Snider was going through some sort of metal health episode, to excruciating to watch because you know you’re seeing a man in his final days of life, clearly in pain, and pleading for help.
The body camera footage has also become one of the most useful tools as Todd’s fans try to recreate his moments in Salt Lake City to try and find answers as to why he was denied care, and if this was ultimately a fatal decision by medical and law enforcement officials in Salt Lake City. Incidentally, and sadly, this body cam footage is also the final time the vast majority of people will see Todd Snider alive…