If that is so then it should be forensically verifiable and that will change things significantly.
Indeed. Checking fingerprints on the baton would be a great start.Pity about the conveniently missing camera. I wonder exactly when the camera was damaged. There should be a paper trail for that as well.
Personally, I know that if I was on a jury for this kind of thing, absent physical corraborating evidence, any statements made by the cop would have to be taken with a grain of self-serving salt.
The camera was not damaged. The weather did not allow the glue to set and the camera fell off the car.