Perjury

The New York Times is running an article today about the uses of video evidence in the trials of those arrested during the RNC. There are several cases that have come up where the officer's testimony is shown to be completely false. "It took four officers to carry the squirming defendent down the steps" etc. etc. Anyhow, after video evidence comes to light, the prosecution quickly drops the case. In one video, the un-edited version of the police tape which had the segments showing the defendent peacefully complying with arrest and not using his bike to "rush" the police - which was the ostensible reason he was arrested... hmm. Darn that technician - it must have be he who accidentally removed that footage for length purposes. And for some reason, we won't mention what's going to happen to the cops that "mis-remembered" under oath. A number of cases had arresting officers testifying about the resistance to arrest who are later shown on video-tape to not actually be anywhere near the arrest of the defendant. For some people mis-remembering under oath and co-ordinating testimony becomes the convictable crimes of perjury and conspiracy.