No. Right now, video and audio evidence are admissible under an exception to the hearsay rule because of their reliability, and that almost certainly extends to third party recordings. I’m just not sure it should extend to third party recordings. I think my problem is that it should be pretty easy to verify that video and audio from a government controlled source is unaltered. I don’t think verifying that from a third party is so easy. So I’m not convinced that they’re reliable enough anymore, and I’m certain they’re not going to be reliable enough in just a few years, if not sooner. So I think my objection here is the combination of using third party video along with a non-adjudicated conviction. I dunno. It just feels wrong to me.
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