[Part 3 of the post-Ferguson series] We each only get a piece of the elephant.

– Massad Ayoob

Ask anyone who works in the judicial system and they’ll tell you that witness testimony is completely unreliable. People rarely see what they think they see and are prone to filling in the gaps where memory fails – the phenomenon is called confabulation.
Considering a person walking down the street and suddenly hears a gunshot. They turn towards the sound and see a man in a green jacket holding a gun while standing over a person on the ground screaming. Later, when interviewed, they will claim …read more

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