The video clearly shows a gun was pointed at someone in the car
I will give you that in his first account, he stated that they were "pulled over" in the car. In subsequent account of the event, exactly what did Lochte lie about?
Am pretty sure if you had a gun held to your head for 3 minutes by someone NOT in uniform and then told to get out of the car and told to get on the ground and forced to hand over money even you may not get all the facts correct.
This is exactly what some see this as . . . a third world pit hole playing their usual games also
He lied about:
Being sides wiped
Having a cooked gun put to his forehead
The timeline
The woman witness at the top of this thread says they were inside the Taxi and forced to get out. Being drunk to the degree they were, it is not unreasonable to believe they may have thought they had been "pulled over" when they were forced to get out of the cab.
Details can get kind of fuzzy when you've been drinking all night.
It is a trivial point if in fact it was a deliberate lie, but as it serves no real purpose in making a distinction about being "pulled over" to the significant facts of the case, I'll give them a drunken pass on that specific point.
The essential components of the case are demonstrated by the evidence that the Brazilian police have so far provided. They have yet to provide any evidence (beyond a ripped down poster) for vandalism.
One would think that they would put their stronger evidence for vandalism out there first... if they actually have any.
A ripped down poster? Is that the best you can prove?