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Originally Posted by WombRaider
If you know anything about science you know that you don't begin with the answer. The evidence leads you to the answer.
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Mojo can speak for himself, but I suspect he would agree with this statement. I do.
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Originally Posted by WombRaider
You're beginning with a presupposition that the event is somehow fishy or doesn't add up. You can't start there and then begin to look for supporting facts. That's not how it works. I don't have to be a scientist to understand that.
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But ...again Mojo can speak for himself, but my take on what he is referencing is not "the beginning" of "the investigation" ..... the actual "beginning" of "the investigation" was the body lying on the ground in handcuffs with his arms behind his back and two officers on the scene .. one of whom apparently had shot the man lying on the ground.
Other "pieces" of the investigation began to be revealed, the first of which was the "damning" video by a bystander. That apparently showed a different scenario than what the shooter had claimed to the 2nd officer on the scene, and also what the shooter was reporting to dispatch on his "walkie"!
Mojo was looking at a unit cam video with audio, which may have been the beginning of the incident, but not "the investigation."
As the old comment goes ... you take 4-5 people who "witnessed" an intersectional collision of 2 vehicles underneath a traffic signal light and you will more than likely get 4-5 different descriptions about what happened, and their "take" on who was responsible.
Based on the "presumption" of innocence" the general rule is that if there are two explanations for an event and one of the explanations provides an "innocent" basis for what happened, then until something else comes along to destroy the "innocent" basis then the "innocent" explanation controls. That "rule" should apply to each element of the offense ... because the all must be proven by a preponderance of the evidence.