What is the test for determining whether a police officer's version of events is internally consistent with other facts?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from S. B. v. Cnty. of San Diego, No. 15-56848 (9th Cir. 2017):
(citation omitted). "Because the person most likely to rebut the officers' version of events - the one killed - can't testify, [t]he judge must carefully examine all the evidence in the record . . . to determine whether the officer's story is internally consistent and consistent with other known facts." Cruz v. City of Anaheim, 765 F.3d 1076, 1079 (9th Cir. 2014) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted).
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