Keene cross-examined her about the possibility of an unrecorded visual estimate. Priya acknowledged that a person could form an estimate without creating a digital record, but said a visual impression was not the same as a verified measurement and that the available video did not support the reported speed. Keene asked whether she could know Nolan's thoughts from the camera log. She answered no and explained that her testimony concerned the device's recorded actions and their timing.
The courtroom watched a diagram showing the body camera's recording function disabled shortly before the emergency lights were activated. Park asked whether the technician had found a mechanical failure. Priya said the unit had passed its diagnostic tests and that the recorded event corresponded to an intentional button sequence, although only a finder of fact could decide why Nolan performed it. Several jurors took notes, and Morgan felt a quiet relief that the technical evidence was being treated carefully rather than magically.
Aaron Price testified after lunch. He told the jury about his delivery route, the McLaren on the shoulder, the troopers searching it, and the shock of seeing a baton strike the window. He identified the original video file and explained how his camera operated automatically while he drove. On cross-examination, he agreed that he had not heard the earlier conversations and could not say what reason Nolan had given for the original stop.
"So you cannot testify about the driver's behavior before you passed?" Keene asked. "No, sir," Aaron answered. "I can testify about what I saw when I was there." The plainness of the answer seemed to settle something in the room, because a reliable witness was allowed to have limits.
Beth Alvarez took the stand next. She remembered Morgan's hands visible beside the car and the trooper's movements immediately before the window broke. She acknowledged that she had been filming partly because of the unusual vehicle, and that she initially assumed a traffic violation must have occurred. When asked why she continued recording, she said the search and the woman's stillness made her worried that the encounter was no longer ordinary.
The prosecution then called Scott Henley. He entered without a uniform, wearing a plain blue suit and carrying himself with the stiff discomfort of someone who knew neither side of the courtroom would welcome him completely. He had pleaded guilty to a civil-rights offense arising from his own participation and failure to intervene, and his sentencing remained pending. Before he began, Park made sure the jury understood his cooperation agreement and his potential interest in receiving a more favorable recommendation.
Henley described the moment Nolan saw the McLaren and remarked that a woman like the driver did not belong in it. He admitted that he had not observed speeding and had received no radar measurement from his partner. He described the clean registration check and the unsupported search, then paused when Park asked why he had opened the passenger door. "Because I was scared to tell him no," he said.