Now, the prosecutor is jumping in to help. Seems like the county conspiracy does exist, but not to hurt that poor little crackhead.
What I don't understand is why the county is willing to help him?
It could be a few different reasons, and it might not have anything to do with Nick
In the judicial system, the prosecutors / DAs and police always cover each other's backs. They have qualified immunity so they rarely suffer any consequences for their actions, even malfeasance.
And it sure seems like there is malfeasance here.
If the police don't want the bodycams released (for whatever reason, large or small), the police may have asked the DA to file this motion to give the sheriff legal cover to deny the release.
The police involved might not want their faces and interactions up on the Internet. Or their officers to look bad. Maybe they didn't follow some procedure properly. Maybe they don't want to be seen on camera scaring children. Or maybe the police don't want the attention.
It also might have something to do with Kiwi Farms specifically, in that the police don't want their bodycams up on this web site.
It's the government, and absent any force or FOIA or sunshine law to the contrary, they tend towards secrecy and protecting themselves and the bureaucracy.
Here, the personal interests of Nick Rekieta (and his crack house), and the county sheriff's office might actually overlap in that they both want to keep this footage from the public.
The fact the sheriff's office is conspiring with the DA shouldn't surprise anyone. These two entities do stuff like this all the time in every jurisdiction across the country.
Sunlight is the best disinfectant.