Today in Toronto, Canada, a man that was charged with First Degree murder of a police officer was acquitted. I'd only really absorbed the initial news story in passing. The initial news releases relayed the police account of the incident (a man running over a police officer with his car) that it was a "deliberate and intentional act". During the trial, and with today's acquittal and subsequent lifting of a publication ban, we learned how different the public perception of the initial events were compared to what actually transpired. Thus, it's interesting to use technological tools (search, or wayback machine) to see how the story was originally framed and how subtle differences can affect perception. My hope is that the event at least makes people question their own assumptions borne of limited or misleading information in the earliest publications of any news event involving the death of a police officer.

Even today, I'm seeing conflicting reporting of quotes. For example the CBC has one article that quotes the police chief:

> Outside court, however, Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw struck a different tone. "While we respect the judicial process and appreciate the work of everyone involved in this difficult case, we were hoping for a different outcome," he said.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/umar-zameer-acquittal....

However, the video of the Chief's statement is slightly different (and quoted correctly in another article):

> "While we respect the judicial process and appreciate the work of the 12 citizens who sat on a very difficult case, I share the feelings of our members who were hoping for a different outcome," Demkiw said.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/umar-zameer-verdict-1...

The first quote cuts out essential information and does not note that the quote was not verbatim (as presented). It's especially problematic as the quotes might have subtle but different interpretations now that his suggestion of "hoping for a different outcome" is being addressed. (There's a subtle difference between 'sharing feelings with someone that hopes for a certain outcome' and 'hoping for a different outcome' -- and this could be major if it's seen as the police services suggesting the wanted the man, who was declared innocent, to have been convicted.)

(One other possibility is that the Chief did in fact mention both lines, and that they are so similar because it was based on his official public statement).