So Benjamin Swantz hurriedly asked Mallia Mamet if she recognized the people in the surveillance footage.
"They were wearing such dark clothes, how could I recognize them? Why does everything have to break through with me? Aren't you a police officer? Shouldn't you be the one investigating? Why do you keep asking me?"
Mallia Mamet said those words heatedly; she wasn't trying to be harsh with Benjamin, but she was genuinely very afraid. She saw Steve Harris being beaten up in the surveillance, looking like he was already injured.
At the beginning of the footage, Mallia had noticed injuries on Benjamin's face; actually, upon reflection, Benjamin had injuries on his face when he came to the police station to find her earlier, too.
