They're drenched with caveats. One thing we've learned about videos is there are often missing pieces before and after.
When police officers lie, the potential danger extends far beyond an individual case. It goes to the heart of the justice system and threatens the entire relationship between the city and community.
It's definitely not your father's Los Angeles of 1955. It's one of those ironies that LAPD, in a city that's pretty hip and sophisticated, is still somewhat trapped in a time capsule.
One thing we've learned about videos is there are often missing pieces before and after. The quality of the video is often problematic and the sound doesn't pick up relevant issues and can actually distort things.
It matters who said what to who and who got everything started. Even though he's a police officer, just as a matter of law, it doesn't make his actions justifiable.
Police work is generally best left to the police, there's no question about that. But there are exceptions.
The fact that you have so many [retired] people who have firearms, who are human and are fallible, and get into the things humans get into, it has to be expected on some level.
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