In contempt is that clear Savannah's face flushed yes your honor she managed though her jaw remained tight the video continued showing the escalation exactly. As it had happened Darnell's calm questions Savannah's increasingly aggressive responses the moment when she claimed he made a threatening move movement now William said let's compare. This to officer Mitchell's body cam footage the second video started and Savannah felt her confidence waver for the first time the angle was different but the story it told was. The same worse her own voice sounded different than she remembered harder more confrontational note the time stamp your honor Williams continued officer Mitchell claims. In her report that Mr Washington exhibited suspicous ious behavior for several minutes before she approached the video shows she initiated contact within seconds of arriving.
Morton shifted uncomfortably beside Savannah your honor while the timing may be slightly off we maintained that officer Mitchell had Reasonable Suspicion based on the call. She received about that call Williams interjected we've subpoenaed the dispatch records the complaint came from a pay phone and when investigators tried to follow up. They found no one in the area who had actually witnessed any suspicious Behavior We Believe officer Mitchell either fabricated the call or responded to a deliberately false report without proper verification Savannah's face. Grew hot she hadn't expected them to trace the call the truth was she'd seen Darnell from her patrol car and decided he looked out of place. The dispatch call in her report was an afterthought a detail added to justify her actions judge Carter leaned forward forward Mr Morton does.
The city wish to respond to this allegation Morton tugged at his collar we need time to verify the dispatch records your honor very well. Judge Carter made a note on his Pad Mr Williams continue the morning proceeded like a slow motion nightmare for Savannah Williams methodically dismantled. Her report pointing out discrepancies between her written statement and the video evidence more witnesses came forward the store owner who testified that Darnell was a regular customer Michelle Washington's supervisor confirming. Their lunch plans even a passing jogger who'd recorded part of the interaction on her phone during a brief recess Morton pulled Savannah aside. This is bad he whispered you told me you had probable cause you told me the videos would support your story they're just twisting things.
Savannah insisted but her voice lacked its earlier confidence that's what defense attorneys do right Morton stared at her for a long moment officer. Mitchell I'm going to recommend the city settle this case and if I were you I'd start thinking very carefully about what you're going to say. When judge Carter calls you to testify I'm not lying Savannah snapped but the words tasted bitter in her mouth when Court resumed judge. Carter called darn to the stand Savannah watched as he testified her perception of him shifting uncomfortably in her report she'd painted him as aggressive non-compliant but the man on the stand was articulate. And composed his account of events matching perfectly with the video evidence Mr Washington Williams asked had you had any previous interactions with law enforcement no sir.