NYC prosecutors caught altering video in RNC protest case

I guess if you don't have enough evidence to convict somebody, just alter the evidence you have. Why not, Uncle Sam seems to be resorting to this tactic alot lately. Sad but true. While obviously this is not a stop the press event, this goes to show you how comfortable they have become within their methods.

portland.indymedia.org...
the prosecution has been caught altering the police video submitted to the court by removing segments showing the innocence of the arrestee, only to be caught when an unaltered video was submitted by the defense....
...in what may be seen as an escalation of false testimony and evidence against those engaged in lawful protest (or even those merely in the vicinity of protests) by police and prosecutors, the prosecution of Alexander Dunlop was caught submitting altered video tape in their case against him. They removed segments showing his innocence and when a complete video was found and entered into evidence immediately dropped the charges and claimed that their video had been cut "by mistake".

[edit on 14-4-2005 by twitchy]

Par for the course in this subtly fascist country. The state does what it wants despite legality and feigns ignorance when caught. Its happened so visibly over the last several years from WMD to terror threat warnings that one wonders why the subtle method is still being used.