Courtroom 3B was presided over by Judge Margaret Sinclair. Beside Faith sat her pro bono civil rights lawyer, Evelyn Whitmore—a tall, unhurried woman who fought cases for a dollar and a handshake.
Hollister took the stand, swore on the Bible, and immediately began to lie.
The Testimony vs. The Truth
Officer Hollister's ClaimsThe Actual EvidenceFaith blew through the stop sign at 22 mph. Video proved a complete stop lasting 3.8 seconds. The driver was combative at the window. Faith remained silent and compliant. The driver smelled of alcohol. No breathalyzer was administered; Faith was sober.
When Whitmore played the traffic camera footage, the courtroom monitor clearly showed the truth. Hollister tried to interrupt, claiming the video was doctored, but Judge Sinclair silenced him.
Whitmore then pulled up Hollister's heavily redacted personnel record: 41 civilian complaints in 12 years.
"Officer Hollister, is there a pattern here?" Whitmore asked.
Hollister leaned into the microphone, his face flushed. "You people stick together, don't you?"
The courtroom gasped. Judge Sinclair issued a stern warning. Humiliated and furious, Hollister stepped down for a brief recess. As he walked past Faith's table, he leaned in and whispered the oldest, ugliest racial slur in the American language.