I think what SF1900 was saying was; the cop hired the lawyer BEFORE the video came out. The cop lied his ass off to the lawyer. Based on what he had heard (at that point), the lawyer thought that he could get an acquittal.
But....
Then, once the video footage was released; the lawyer realized that the cop had lied about everything. And the Lawyer also realized that there was no chance of winning the case. So, the lawyer bailed.
Cops are professional liars.....
If the good Samaritan hadn't recorded the murder, the pig would have lied his way to freedom, then watched his wife shit out a kid next month....life would be great.
Instead, he will be locked up (hopefully) for the rest of his life, unless he takes the coward's way out a perform a revolver root canal. Either way, his kid will know his father was a bullying, murdering, pussy.