And so the NY Times is reporting that three bags of weed were found "in a puddle" near the shooting site. This is some very potentially damaging evidence and may raise reasonable doubt. The defense attorneys are positing that Trent Benefield dropped the bags as he ran away from the Altima. The argument being that if he knew that the shooters were police that he knew he would be busted for possession and therefore attempted to get rid of the criminal evidence. Should the weed in question be linked to Mr. Benefield he will have to explain why he had them and why he had tossed them. It would be highly unlikely that Mr. Benefield would have tossed the weed if he simply thought that the persons shooting at him were just "Negroes with guns."
I repeat, this is potentially reasonable doubt material. On the one hand the weed bags had no fingerprints on them, but on the other hand how long does it take hand oils to get off a plastic bag? assuming the packets to belong to him, Had Mr. Benefield touched any of the product? Did he leave any skin cells or anything else that could link him to the packets inside?
Lastly, assuming the packets to be Mr. Benefield's, did he realize that it was police before or after the shooting began? If the answer is before, consider the officers acquitted.
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