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this is not a local gas station owned by two locals excited to yell "thats my camera" at their TV or make a fun youtube account. its a massive building owned by a multinational corporation with defined protocols in place. its probably analyzing their own liabilities for civil damages. I feel safe saying that even the police probably had to subpoena the security footage and go through the proper channels. The building ownership wont be giving it to the news, and the police probably wont give it to the news unless they absolutely need to (which they dont).
EDIT: ill also add the police sometimes keep parts of investigations away from the public in order to check veracity. if someone (whether witness or proffering unindicted coconspirator) wants offer a narrative they will ask them to fill in missing information that's not publicly available. i have no idea if thats happening here but its possible.
Plus, footage can bias potential jurors, depending on what narrative the news channels choose.
Going off tangent, the building is owned 30% by a Trump company and 70% by some other real estate company.
if tmz could get the security cam footage of ray rice (elevator knockout of fiancee) and kareem hunt (shoving and kicking a woman) from those las vegas and ohio hotels, respectively, i don't see why they wouldn't be able to acquire the black rock tapes. skateboarding, of course, is not the nfl, so perhaps there is just no financial incentive to track it down. maybe ryan garshell could anonymously sell them the footage if he thinks it would help exonerate jesse (in the court of public opinion). would help cover some legal fees too. it's rumored they paid around 100k for the ray rice footage. tmz has run stories about skateboarding in the past, so it wouldn't be too far out of left field if they picked up this story.
Because Ray Rice and Kareem Hunt draw a lot more fucking hits to a website than Jesse Viera of GX1000 (and even people on Slap have trouble telling the GX crew apart). It's probably gettable, but its not enough of the public interest to buy. On top of that, the people most likely to leak it, are his colleagues, who probably wouldn't sell it. If it was a random homeless guy or person they might, but probably not someone they know on a personal level.
Why would Ryan Garshall sell it to TMZ. It probably brings even more public attention to it.