Reply #123: Yes, it is. As you say, only video can prove they lied.

[TexasObserver]

A policeman is like somebody else's pit bull. Just because he won't bite his owner or his owner's acquaintances doesn't mean he won't attack a stranger, and viciously.

Police know the elements of a crime, and therefore know what lies they need to tell to justify an arrest. If they find weed in an illegal search, they claim they smelled it, that the driver was acting funny, and that led them to the search. They work backwards, and invent facts to fit the outcome they want. That is standard operation procedure in all police departments.

Even the prosecutors use it. Instead of saying someone is a suspect, they say "a person of interest." It's a lie, and we all know it's a lie - a lie told and winked at even by media - to allow the continuing fraud that the person mentioned is not a suspect.

If you want to know the man or woman most likely to violate your constitutional rights, it's the ones who have sworn to support and defend the constitution.