More Cameras. More Evidence. Not More Justice

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift · Apr 23, 2026 · 12m

Digital evidence and justice have a complicated relationship, and Tyler Hatch has spent a career inside that gap. The footage exists. The screenshot exists. The court sees something completely different from what everyone else sees, and that disconnect is not a bug in the system.

What does it feel like to watch a video that seems to show something obvious and then watch the legal outcome land somewhere else entirely? Hatch explains why: courts are not watching the same clip. They are asking what was in someone's mind, whether the response was proportionate, and whether the evidence itself can…