seems to me that if the DA office doesn't have it/copy of it, it's because they don't want to have it... and if they do, don't they have to turn it over to the defense during discovery?Probably aren’t hiding anything. They just know if they don’t do what the city wants, they (and their patrons) are going to be in for a hard time.
...wonder why the protest? Is it because their video is so valuable that they can’t risk it leaking to the public? Cash value? Get out of jail free value?
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Their best argument is the only one they need to make. We don’t have the evidence, the government has it. Rock solid, no contempt possible. The “contempt or jail” language is boilerplate, not personal.
Theft of private property? Why couldnt the BATFE have just been given a copy of the HD?
seems to me that if the DA office doesn't have it/copy of it, it's because they don't want to have it... and if they do, don't they have to turn it over to the defense during discovery?