I know what the officers said in their filing in court (which I posted in #84 above). They said Allen was the person referenced in the search warrant. They said he was the only other person in the van. They said that the Washington Post "omitted Mr. Allen's name, citing concerns over his safety." They said that he changed his story between what was reported in the Washington Post and what was reported by WBAL. They said that the WBAL reporter who interviewed Allen was a "substantive witness" because Allen "retracted his earlier statement" in the interview.
All of that is in a motion the officers filed in their own criminal case. Don't you think that if there was another prisoner, if there was even a possibility that the two intereviews were with different prisoners, the officers would have mentioned that possibility?
I don’t know. If they were trying to protect the identity of the 38 year old man, they might not be divulging any information. Apparently a man was booked that night who was 38 years old. It wasn’t 22 year old Donta Allen who was released.