What I know about the van Dam behavior came from their testimony. Sure I read the articles from SD news papers and web site. But I took my facts from PH and later the trial testimony.
If some one has a problem with that I'm sorry. Where else were we to go to keep up with the trial? Did I believe all I read in the media? Of course not. Sworn testimony is different,is it not?
I think that the hardest thing for you , me , and all the others here on FR to get is a real source. We all have to depend on the media, on transcripts, on a limited time to listen, on our preconceived notions of what is proof, what is not. On what we believe about law, justice, how trials are conducted, what lawyers, police, judges are supposed and not supposed to do. Each of us has a different mindset, therefore each of us has different opinions.
We make our judgements and debate this subject based on all the aforementioned particulars. It is no wonder there is so much controversy.