He downplayed the suspicious circumstances and is pretending that it’s merely a tragic accident. It obviously wasn’t and is another example of cops getting special treatment.
It’s this kind of thinking that I find disturbing. Accusing the cop in the video of “pretending” and saying that it “obviously wasn’t” a tragic accident are firm statements about a man’s thoughts that you can’t possibly know and a situation where you weren’t present. I tend to think the accused is lying, but I don’t know and I don’t think it’s obvious at all. Thinking she’s lying is my gut; it’s not evidence.
How many innocent black men have spent decades in prison because their accuser was certain and the prosecutor thought their guilt was obvious, only to be exonerated through DNA or recanted testimony?
Being certain about such things reveals bias more than truth.