I almost categorized this as humor - it's just so odd:

What seemed like a simple gun possession case became an undeclared war over reality: Was Officer Ettienne a diligent cop who found a gun after chasing an ex-convict weaving through traffic on a stolen motorcycle? Or was his story a "devious" facade in keeping with the ruthless character he revealed on social network Web sites?

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Besides the "devious" mood setting, the jurors learned that a few weeks before the trial, the officer posted this status on his Facebook page: "Vaughan is watching "Training Day" to brush up on proper police procedure."

A lot of formerly private talk is no much, much more public with things like Facebook and Twitter...

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