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Anyway, thanks to the video, the jury only needed 30 minutes to acquit Tiffanie. The trooper involved went right back to work because he had apparently done everything by the book. So, while it's true that pulling out your phone to start filming the moment you see a police officer is a good way to piss them off, it's also really hard to argue against it. All things being equal, juries will simply tend to believe the word of a uniformed officer on the witness stand over that of some random nobody. A video record is often the only chance to tilt the case in your favor (assuming, you know, the video doesn't show you launching yourself at the officer holding a machete or something).

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So, it's all over now ... aside from the fact that Tiffanie's son is now terrified of the police, having watched them almost shoot his dog and then throw his mom to the ground. "It's like seeing a boogie man. And he gets scared that they're going to take mommy away again."

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