Demanding sources for something you disbelieve on points tangential to the point is something people that want to derail your argument do to put you on the defensive without cause.
As if I care that you believe the cops are trustworthy or not. The barrels should be tested independently.
Contracting to a private company amounts to the same thing. If they do not have anything to hide they should have no problem retesting it independently.
I do not doubt they privatize more and more law enforcement operations so they can pay more for less with worse service.
Speaking of which, that gives them less credibility not more if it is contracted out. That is less to anybody that has followed events and understands them.
If anyone the police pay to test things is automatically suspect, how are the police to test anything in a way that you’d trust?
According to the article, the barrels were independently tested at the request of the defense, which is why we have this whole story in the first place. What would more independent testing accomplish at this point?
Demanding sources for something you disbelieve on points tangential to the point is something people that want to derail your argument do to put you on the defensive without cause.
As if I care that you believe the cops are trustworthy or not. The barrels should be tested independently.
The cops aren’t the ones who tested the barrels. But feel free to keep rearranging the goal posts about backing up a claim with anything of substance.
Contracting to a private company amounts to the same thing. If they do not have anything to hide they should have no problem retesting it independently.
I do not doubt they privatize more and more law enforcement operations so they can pay more for less with worse service.
Speaking of which, that gives them less credibility not more if it is contracted out. That is less to anybody that has followed events and understands them.
If anyone the police pay to test things is automatically suspect, how are the police to test anything in a way that you’d trust?
According to the article, the barrels were independently tested at the request of the defense, which is why we have this whole story in the first place. What would more independent testing accomplish at this point?