This is a case where the officer is accused of shooting the suspect Smith and then planting a pistol in the car to justify the shooting. Still, I expect the officer will get off.
He might or he might not. He elected to have judge determine his guilt or innocence rather than a jury. All fine and good. But black leaders, including black ministers have told the judge that there will serious trouble if the man is found not guilty. This would be jury tampering if it were a jury trial. Don’t know if there is such a thing as “judge tampering”, but the threat don’t seem right.
That would be pretty hard for the officer to pull off, but I hope justice prevails.