The meaning of the word. Yes the article states that. The statement by Mr Gore in his article "witnesses corroborated the account", is incorrect and very misleading. I see why you and Mr Gore would be confused. The report is very vague and poorly written. The part of the five page report that mentions witnesses, is the trooper writing that he told the deputies that witnesses corroborated the story. Several witnesses did stop and offer statements about what occurred. Without getting into everyone of those statements, no witness saw any GUN. One witness even told troopers the white truck tried to run over the two motorcycles. The content of the witness statements is not in the police report. I wonder why?

That if Tina and I were riding on the stretch and I got mad when Tina tried to pass me, called the police and told them Tina pointed a gun at me. Tina is stopped it's discovered Tina has no gun. So then I say Tina kicked my truck. No other person saw any of this with the exception of my girlfriend in my truck. Do you think Tina would be arrested that night or ten days later? Because you could have thrown your handgun into the water. Handguns Tina are expensive and have serial numbers that can be tracked to to owner. So Tina would you be arrested under theses circumstances? No. But these deputies were. Would you have been detained for two hours that night based on my word? No. But these deputies were. Would you have allowed the trooper to search you or your vehicle, because they didn't have proable cause to search without consent. Based on your feeling about law enforcement , no. But these deputies did. It's unfortunate you have had bad experiences with law enforcement. You have no idea what happened that night. But as a law enforcement officer I know based on the facts of that night if I did to you or any other citizen what was done to these deputies, you would not be arrested and if you were you would cleared of any charges and I would be sued by you and probably fired by my agency. Even though you think myself and members if my profession can not be trusted, I still hope you call if you need help and I will still risk my life to save yours. Thanks Tina

I think Sal refers to the fact that there was any action was taken at all. Usually in cases like this, the cops will put on a little show at the site of the incident and then nothing is reported and no paper is issued. Professional courtesy, if you will.