Didn't you ask him the obvious follow up... "so your plan is to lie your way to reasonable articulate suspicion?"
Exactly my thought. "Oh, I see. Yeah, I suppose perjury is always an option. Better hope they don't have audio or video recording."
ETA: I would also expect that a judge or just about any good attorney would follow that with, "Define 'suspiciously'. What was the subject doing that you're defining as suspicious."
"I see. And your body cam or dash cam shows this activity, right? Ah... I see. It 'malfunctioned'."
I'd suspect that an "officer" who would do something like this and brag about it, showing premeditation, would likely have a history of similar "malfunctions" as well.
This is the kind of LEO who gives the good ones a bad name. And yes, I'd be getting in touch with his Chief to get him tuned up.
Doug, this guy deserves to be immortalized along with Officer Maxey of SBPD and Lee Paige of the DEA. Let's ensure that he's known for his views, and his cases appropriately tainted.
Blessings,
Bill
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