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Where do you see me giving the FBI any good faith? The post your responding to was a story expressing skepticism to the point of disbelief because the misconduct I witnessed was conducted so casually that I wondered if I was missing something (I wasn't).
Oh, I meant that initial "it's not plausible that they're casually [redacted] on video, I must be misunderstanding something." reaction. That's far more faith than I'd give the FBI.
I don't know if this is missing context but I was talking about my work as a criminal defense attorney. I wasn't talking about FBI agents, these were just some random detectives. Across hundreds and hundreds of cases, I watch a lot of very boring video footage that mostly shows my client acting like a total dipshit and the cops being dutiful about their jobs and I get lulled into a sort of slumber. So when I do see clear instances of casual misconduct, for a moment it feels like I'm the victim of a optical illusion because it's just so damn unusual to get it on video.
The good news in this [real case I'm being super vague about] is that my job is explicitly not to assume good faith. So I conducted my own investigation and felt confident enough I did my homework before launching my broadside motion. The cops did not do well during cross-examination and the judge agreed with my argument and explicitly found them to be lying. They were very much not happy with me given the career consequences involved.
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