As a result, Flowers and the troopers (and Zercher and McGrath) have a much greater incentive to spice up the truth or to invent a story out of whole cloth.
Flowers and the troopers enjoyed the opportunity to exaggerate and lie.
mnli hypothesis: Flowers and the troopers enjoyed the opportunity to exaggerate and lie. premise: As a result, Flowers and the troopers (and Zercher and McGrath) have a much greater incentive to spice up the truth or to invent a story out of whole cloth.