Testilying or Giving Testiphony?

Two cops (we used to call them pigs, but that's not fair to animals living as nature intended) get caught w/ the lying meat in their mouths. Here's the thin blue line (of swine) at work.

During the trial, which began Friday, the officers told jurors that they had chased Alarcon, 29, into his Hollywood apartment building last year and seen him throw away a black object. They testified that one of the officers picked up the object a few feet from where Alarcon was standing and discovered powder and crack cocaine inside. But footage from the grainy video, which Alarcon's attorney said came from an apartment building surveillance camera, shows that it took the two officers more than 20 minutes to find the drugs. They were also aided by other officers in their search. The quality of the tape, a copy of which was obtained by The Times, is poor and it is difficult to clearly hear what is being said. But at one point, an officer seems to make a reference to the arrest report that needed to be filled out. "Be creative in your writing," the officer appears to tell another after the discovery. "Oh yeah, don't worry, sin duda [no doubt]," comes the reply.

Fuck truth & honor & integrity & responsibility & accountability & all that other crap that right wingers are always bitching & moaning about.

"If I didn't have the videotape, nobody would believe me," said Alarcon, who said he was not a gang member. Civil rights attorney Connie Rice, who has studied the LAPD and pushed for reforms, said the department has tried in recent years to root out dishonest officers, particularly since Chief William J. Bratton took over in 2002. But she said, there are some who take shortcuts and lie. "In their minds, they're compensating for a system that's rigged to keep them from making the arrests and getting the convictions they want," she said.

And fuck the Constitution, while you're at it. Rights? Not for people like Alarcon.