The outcome was guaranteed. But the glass is not empty now. At least half full, I'd say. The federal hearing established just how little was done to investigate Williams. According to the case detective, those still-secret six pages include forms filled out from two days in August and September 1998 when undercover officers were on the trail after Williams.
Cops do more on some car accidents.
Evidence at the hearing showed that Davis and his assistant chief couldn't square their stories. Davis said the case was active. The work was put into a computer, from which it could have been printed, two days after Williams got his promotion. This happened in a police department where Davis fired a cop for lying because he disagreed with what the chief believed was the correct version of events when a suspect got roughed up. This happened in a police department where detectives who suspected a cop of having sex with a prostitute tried to catch him in a sting.