Pixiq

"the truth should always be brought before the arena of public opinion."

That's why I posted my experience back in October as fast as I could. I also uploaded the raw video to a safe place just in case.

It seems to me there's two reasons for posting video of an incident. One, it get's the incident before the public and second, it gets the video out of your hands so even if your camera, computer, etc. are confiscated, the video's safe.

It's going to be interesting to see how this all works out...

Poorest state in the nation, but you could never tell from that blinged-out police vehicle.

What a racket.

The DA probably hopes to just get a conviction locally and that the MHD guys won't be able to appeal any higher.

I'd like to see if availability of the video changes his mind at all.

While I would absolutely make copies for storage outside of my home, business etc., give to trusted colleagues and upload the video to a data storage facility outside of the USA, it might be better to wait a while until all the paperwork has been filed and recorded. It the video goes public too soon, officers who lie might be able to change their reports once they know of the video.

I should add:

"My experience with lawyers is that they never want anything posted online because they prefer to fight the battle in the legal arena. Perhaps it's ego or perhaps it's their conditioned strategy."

I really do believe it has (more, at least) to do with strategy. As much as I also prefer as much reporting to be out there as possible, I can see where they're coming from.

The lawyers have to convince a judge/jury to see the evidence their way. They don't care what the public at large thinks, and it's not their job to. Their job is taking care of the best interest of their client. The more control they can exert over the exposure of that evidence and its timing, the better for their case and therefore, their client.

What was the supposed reason for pulling over their RV to begin with?

Two things.

#1 I am sure Adam appreciates this being posted "@4:20PM"

#2 I am fairly sure Adam rejects Libertarianism in favor of Voluntaryism.

Hell, Libertarians are just a bunch of pinko commie simps, send them all back to Rushia. Long live Mississippi.

This is Mississippi for, Gods sake, to be a cop here you have to prove that your 1st cousin is your mother and your sister is your wife.

Any objects, data or images seized by police in the course of an arrest or investigation is evidence. In order to destroy evidence legally, the police must have a court order directing them to do so. Destroying evidence without a court order is a crime.

I rather doubt the police officer(s) who deleted the video will suffer even a tenth of the penalty any non-cop would face for deliberately destroying evidence taken in a police investigation.

Why is it a video of a video playing? Surely he could have added a second audio track or just text to the original for the commentary.