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Can you say: "conflict of interest"? We're at trial, the cop(s) who performed the arrest made a judgement call in the field - of course they're going to double down. What would it do for the career of a cop on the stand to say "you know, I think we made a mistake that day..."? The fact that the case has gone to trial basically makes the cop's testimony redundant, what they're going to say is basically a foregone conclusion, why waste time making them say it again?