‘No One Saw a Thing’ Director Avi Belkin Says Murder of Town Bully Is an ‘Allegory About the Origin of Violence of America’

“No One Saw a Thing” director Avi Belkin believes that the murder of the local bully in a small Missouri town — a murder that remains unsolved — is an “allegory about the origin of violence of America.” Sundance describes “No One Saw a Thing” as a TV documentary examining an unsolved and mysterious death in the American heartland and the corrosive effects of vigilantism in small-town America. The case garnered international attention in the early 1980s after a resident, nicknamed the “town bully,” was shot dead in front of almost 60 townspeople. These witnesses deny having seen anything, to this very day. Ken McElroy was convicted of shooting and injuring a grocer in Skidmore, a town in Missouri, in 1981, but successfully appealed the conviction. He then resumed his harassment of the grocer, until he was shot dead the following day, in front of at least two dozen people. To this day, no one has been charged. Also Read: Blumhouse's 'No One Saw a Thing' Examines Unsolved Murder of 'Town Bully' in New Trailer (Video) “The violence in America is domestic — there is no one threatening America,” the Israeli filmmaker told TheWrap. “A lot of the violence is...