“Interestingly all these videos went to the media first rather than to police or prosecutors.”
Why would they trust the police or prosecutors? If it was my video I might or might not go to my lawyer. That probably didn’t even occur to these people plus they probably couldn’t afford a lawyer.
The BART cops are an out of control bunch of bullies. There needs to be a thorough house cleaning starting with the upper BART management. On top of the abuses seen in the video’s the BART cops illegally confiscated any cameras or phones they say in the vicinity of the crime.
By “interestingly” I was referring to the tendency of ordinary people to become cunning.
Hard to trust jackbooted thugs sometimes.