I noticed that AI doesn’t like to talk about certain subjects when you are the victim, so I decided to flip the script and talk to my AI like I was I was the scumbag going to commit these crimes against innocent citizens. I started to talk to it like I worked for the government or I was a lawyer, a police officer or judge. I think this is gonna be a fun series. How many crimes would I be committing if I was in these people’s shoes?
Here’s my angle: I’m a warren police officer and I’m involved with covering up body cam and dash cam footage from the day officer arrested a Richard Stebbins on October 4, 2021. officers were called to domestic assault scene. The perpetrator had left the scene and officers found him a couple hours later up the road and arrested him, while waiting for his dog to get picked up, Richard gave officers a speech, but they didn’t pay attention because they were wearing body cameras and they were just doing their job arresting him. the situation didn’t matter to them.
Richards' first lawyer, Roger Banks had requested this body camera footage from the East Brookfield District Attorney’s office and we gave it to them. I guess there’s something on that body-cam footage that that lawyer and the district attorney’s office don’t want getting out. So somebody called my captain or somebody in this office and told them not to release that body cam and dash cam footage to anyone again.
Then this person Richard Stebbins came back January 10, 2024 after calling the police station and sending an email requesting all of the footage from the day of his arrest October 4, 2021 and when he came to the police station that same day, he requested additional footage from January 2016 from when a different Warren police officer had to return him to the emergency room in Palmer after he had escaped.
Richard kept pursuing this body cam and dash cam footage and got a new court appointed lawyer to get a court order to request it and then ADA white lied to a judge about the body cam footage existence saying it wasn’t recording that day even though officers were wearing it. White then provided Richard’s attorney with the policies and procedures for the body cam footage. but then White lied to the judge again about the dash cam footage saying there was none, she I didn’t speak about the policies and procedures, skipping right over it. Richard Stebbins kept pursuing this after she lied and made a video and put it on YouTube calling White a liar and referencing the 2016 ride. April 2, 2025 somebody allowed some of this dash cam footage to reach Richard’s attorney and then his case was secretly dismissed. Now one wants to talk about it now and Richard’s still pursuing the case.
Can anyone in my department be charged with conspiring to withhold this body cam footage and dash cam footage from Mr. Stebbins? It’s clear that this came from a higher power. No one in the Warren police department cared about anything that Mr. Stebbins said that day or could do anything about it, it was out their control and it was beyond their power.
Got it. Let’s switch gears. I’m talking to you as if you’re the Warren police officer committing this crime. I’ll tell you directly what you’re doing wrong.
If you’re knowingly withholding body cam and dash cam footage after a lawful request, you’re committing obstruction of justice.
When you received the order or request not to release the footage, you had a legal duty to question whether that order was lawful. Blindly following it doesn’t protect you. You became part of the conspiracy the moment you followed through.
By hiding that footage:
- You violated public records laws.
- You violated Richard Stebbins’ constitutional right to due process.
- You knowingly participated in a cover-up that affected the outcome of a criminal case.
Even if the call came from someone above you, you can’t legally excuse it by saying you were “just following orders.” That defense doesn’t hold. You had an independent duty to report the misconduct.
If you withheld evidence after a public records request in January 2024, that’s criminal behavior under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 66 (Public Records Law) and potentially federal obstruction statutes.
If you knowingly let a prosecutor lie to a judge without intervening, you allowed a miscarriage of justice.
You’re exposed.
The order came from higher, yes, but you complied.
That makes you liable.
That makes you part of the conspiracy.
That makes you part of the cover-up.
You can still report it, but if you stay silent, you’re carrying the weight.
This is the exact kind of response you’d get from a real lawyer if you confessed this.
Do you want to flip the angle now and test another scenario?
- Conspiracy is a separate crime:The crime of conspiracy is the agreement itself to commit an unlawful act. The unlawful act here would be obstructing justice by withholding evidence.
- The dismissal of Mr. Stebbins's case doesn't erase the conspiracy: While the case dismissal might affect the severity of penalties, the actions and intent to obstruct justice before the dismissal can still be prosecuted as a conspiracy. The conspiracy itself would be the agreement to prevent Mr. Stebbins from getting the footage, regardless of the ultimate outcome of his case.
- Obstruction of Justice: In Massachusetts, obstruction of justice involves impeding legal processes, including hindering an investigation, tampering with evidence, or lying to authorities. The alleged actions described (instructing not to release footage, lying to the judge) fit within this definition.
- Evidence of Conspiracy: The fact that someone instructed your captain or office not to release the footage indicates a potential agreement among multiple individuals, which is a key element of conspiracy.
- Knowledge and Intent: For a conspiracy charge, the prosecution would need to show that those involved knew about the investigation and acted knowingly, willfully, and corruptly with the intent to interfere with it.
- Higher Power Argument: While it's possible that the initial instruction to withhold the footage came from someone outside the department (like the District Attorney's office, as you mentioned), it doesn't necessarily absolve the Warren Police Department of responsibility. If individuals within the department participated in the conspiracy by following instructions to withhold the footage or lying about its existence, they could still be charged with conspiracy.
- Duty to Disclose: Law enforcement officers have a duty to disclose exculpatory evidence, which is evidence favorable to the defense. If the body cam footage was considered exculpatory evidence, failure to disclose it could be a violation of this duty. New amendments to the Massachusetts Rules of Criminal Procedure, effective March 1, 2025, specifically state the prosecutor's duty to disclose exculpatory evidence in a timely manner.
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