Mr Hate Coffee
Veteran
So that's the search warrant for the victim's home.
This stood out to me. Paraphrased:
"any contraband such as narcotics, and any other items that may have been used in criminal offense in the residence"
"These items may be of evidentiary value in the Officers Involved Shooting"
In plain language, they're really trying to create dirt out of thin air and use that against the brotha. shyt is too obvious. This is beyond finding mere evidence related to the shooting itself. The "evidentiary value" is clearly towards justifying the cop's actions in some way. If they're able to paint him as a drug dealer, a heavy drug user, or someone that wasn't squeaky clean, a perception shift like that would be enough to sway things in a more favorable direction for the cop. I don't think they're above planting evidence, either. I put nothing past cops nowadays. Look at how they talk about him possibly expecting an "unknown visitor" to explain why the door was partially open. They're trying to infer that some suspicious shyt was going on.
It's not about the cop shooting Botham at this point. It's all about Botham being responsible for why he was shot. That's what they're trying to portray. This is how it usually is with these reckless cops.
I don’t think they’re gonna find anything. This might be the one case where they can’t victim blame at all. If she gets away with it then every riot, protest, and player kneeling will amplify and be even more justified than before.