Thanks for the response. I was/am genuinely interested in understanding the way the article read to you.

Do you mean to say "I wasn't saying that he was *NOT* aggressive?" in your first line?

I'll admit that it may be hard for me to read the article as painting a sinister picture because I read it only after watching the encounter in person. Being in the room, it was tense. Very much so. He did keep asking questions. The description matched what I felt while in the room, but at no time did it feel threatening or scary or anything out of place for the forum.