Not to mention the idea that the presence of 2,000 bystanders offered absolutely no protection- because they were all white & male. Like, what, they would just stand there and watch her be murdered because she's a black woman?
The most charitable way I can interpret it, is that she's trying to verbalize a genuine, if irrational, fear and unconscious thought process that drove her emotions in that moment. Talking about what "the body is saying" makes sense in that context.
Still, she is not quoted as saying something like "But I recognize that's irrational, and that tweeting would not save me if I were actually in imminent bodily danger." So my conclusion is also not favorable to her, or maybe that the article author has not been fair to her.
Not to mention the idea that the presence of 2,000 bystanders offered absolutely no protection- because they were all white & male. Like, what, they would just stand there and watch her be murdered because she's a black woman?