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But it Won’t., They Need It (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by alphanerd4 to c/usauthoritarianism

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[–] breadsmasher 60 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I cant recall it specifically, but I am sure Ive heard of a term which describes this in a legal sense - if whatever accountability that exists is intentionally blocked, its presumed to be worst case scenario

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Not sure if it's what you're remembering, but adverse inference can be drawn when a party fails to present evidence known to exist by the court.

[–] breadsmasher 24 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That sounds familiar. “Show us x and if you can’t we will assume its incriminating towards you”?

In this case - show us the body cam footage, and if youve hidden it or otherwise impaired its capture, the adverse inference is taken

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001 3 points 7 months ago

"Sorry we can't find it"