I’ve said before it seems way too small. And why did he pick it up before the investigators got there? “See there it is” although the running back, getting it, dropping it, etc. Is all pretty odd.
The camera guy and another gal do have verbal accounts of the struggle on the ground.
if he’s planting evidence he needs fingerprints, just tossing it on the ground doesn’t do that
i posted a picture of a police taser in 24. there are two models, that’s the small one. i agree that that thing that went behind his feet looked smaller than that.
i agree about moving stuff around at a crime scene. however, if there’s one officer at a crime scene, and he leaves a pistol or a taser far away from the gunshot victim... is that better or worse...
the witnesses to the struggle on the ground is really important to Slager, as the more they can portray Scott as acting really violent and dangerous, the easier it will be to argue that Scott posed a significant physical danger to the officer or others.
the grab for the taser helps too. shows he was willing to commit a violent assault in order to steal weapons.
one other strange thing about this case, Scott was tasered twice and it had absolutely no effect. his toxicology report may prove interesting.