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I see the big offense not in forcibly removing the kid from the car (the police are probably within their rights as far as that goes), but in attempting to dele
by jqm 12y ago
I see the big offense not in forcibly removing the kid from the car (the police are probably within their rights as far as that goes), but in attempting to delete evidence. That's the real crime for which someone should be fired and possibly prosecuted as well.
- oh_sigh 12y agoAgreed. I'm interested in hearing how this plays out. I hope they can prove chain of custody of the phone and determine if the video was deleted at all, and if it was, if it was deleted when in the hands of an officer. Right now we just have it from the driver that the file was deleted. But this was the same driver that said "I wouldn't allow marijuana in my car", and the guy in the back seat ended up being busted for possession and intent to sell marijuana based off of that stop. I hope there is good evidence one way or the other if the file was deleted, and the officer is punished if it was in fact deleted while in an officers custody. I'm leaning towards the fact that it was not deleted while in the officers custody, but I'd love to see the forensic evidence. My reasons: 1) The driver already was caught lying 2) It's convenient that the driver had the technical know how to get undeleted files off of her device 3) The officer was already recording the entire course of events on his body cam.