• hector@lemmy.today
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    13 hours ago

    Contracting to a private company amounts to the same thing. If they do not have anything to hide they should have no problem retesting it independently.

    I do not doubt they privatize more and more law enforcement operations so they can pay more for less with worse service.

    Speaking of which, that gives them less credibility not more if it is contracted out. That is less to anybody that has followed events and understands them.

    • Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      13 hours ago

      If anyone the police pay to test things is automatically suspect, how are the police to test anything in a way that you’d trust?

      According to the article, the barrels were independently tested at the request of the defense, which is why we have this whole story in the first place. What would more independent testing accomplish at this point?