Chicago DUI attorney comments on the lack of eye tricks when there is a video

This Chicago DUI attorney has posted here and here on the significance of video recording in DUI arrests.

Here’s one more reason why you can’t always take the government’s witness at his word.

August 2, Sacramento, CA

 Video of a DUI suspect appears to contradict the claims of the arresting officer, who is now under investigation for allegedly exaggerating his written reports in at least two incidents.

The video shows she passed parts of the field sobriety test that Officer Mullock claimed she failed. The officer wrote she missed the letters "K," "L," and "M," but the video shows she recited the letters perfectly.

Officer Mullock claimed she missed the number 85 when he asked her to count back from 100. The video shows her clearly saying "85," and Mullock even said, "Okay, great," when she counted back to 80.

"It's just funny, because when you watch the video and look at the report, they don't match up," the driver said.

The video also shows the driver never took some tests Officer Mullock said she failed.

The Sacramento County District Attorney is now reviewing every case in which Officer Mullock was a reporting witness.

Mullock has been on paid administrative leave since January due to an off-duty incident.

Yes.  This does sound an awful lot like a Chicago case.