From the article:
After the hearing, Brennan wondered aloud why Bensalem police didn't record the conversation or why three other police at the bar weren't close enough to listen in on the conversation.
So, where were they? In the bathroom, on the dance floor? Ordering drinks? They were not witnesses, they had no idea what was discussed, no tapes, no video, no substanciating witnesses - nothing. Heck, they could have been in DisneyLand as far as this case is concerned. As I said earlier, my POS cell phone can record, and we are supposed to accept the word of ONE policeman as good enough to convict a woman?
Now, did she do it? Yeah, I think she did. But, do we KNOW that she did this? No. There is no excuse for this lapse in competence. We convict based upon what a 'reasonable' person would consider 'proof'.
All we have are 3 policemen in a bar that can truthfully testify that "We were there, and so was the arresting officer - and since he made an arrest we have reason to believe that the accused was there too". Nice.
Which is all they need to testify.
It just disproves the possibility that this was some rogue cop acting alone.
Look, we'll agree to disagree. I tend to think there's a greater degree of lee way for folks to make an upstanding and moral society for them to live in. That's not saying those who have greater libertarian leanings are wrong, that's just not my opinion.