Are you trying to prove the length of the afternoon stop?
All this cuts both ways, Constitutional law notwithstanding.
The camera may not have been running or it could show you arguing or whatever other behavior or speech, including your admissions of anything. It’s all about perception. A judge likely won’t look at it the way you will. You were there, and you felt what was happening. The judge wasn’t.
To get the dash cam video, if it exists, you file an FOIA request with the public entity requesting the video. Your request needs to be as specific as possible, and there may be reasonable fees associated with your request. I.e.: cost of a CD and somebody’s time spent making you a copy.
The more you go into all this, the more scrutiny you and your truck are going to receive on the highway. You’ll also be ensuring that both officers will make time to show up for any court date. You’re effectively putting them on notice that you’ll be claiming they did something improper. You’ll have them speaking with their department’s attorney(s) and preparing for you as if it was the case of the year for them.
Think about it…
All this is free advice. You get what you pay for, remember. I’d recommend consulting and retaining an attorney before undertaking any challenge to the ticket. Going into court and admitting guilt, and only admitting guilt is entirely different. If you plan to go into court and tell the judge about how these cops went about all this the wrong way, although you’re sorry about it all- that’s not going and admitting guilt. You won’t prevail if you do that in front of the magistrate.
As Jimbo Fisher says, “humble pie.”
Humble pie is the only thing that could get you somewhere. If you want more than that, you need a lawyer.
Some magistrates aren’t lawyers, and they have little patience for lawyers telling them about Constitutional law. If this was something in circuit court, it would be different. In magistrate court, the first thing the judge will look at is the amo