During the 80's I was involved with a lawsuit with the County of San Bernardino. It was a CEQA suit and involved the permitting of a hazardous waste dump in a dry lake bed. We were a citizen group and were surprised to find we had to provide the entire administrative record in the case...all the EIR's, and all the studies done and all the testimony at both the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors. We were given magnetic tapes of all the hearings and they were at that time INADMISSIBLE because the court demanded HARD COPIES. Luckily, we had a cadre of typists who transcribed the entire shooting match and the record came to 21 thick volumes in binders, and we got the job done. The lawyers in this case should have exercised caution and only used the hard drive on a dedicated internet unconnected computer for transcription. The laws may have changed, but you really should not trust a hard drive submitted to you on your case active computer. That is just asking for trouble.
In a knockdown drag out lawsuit, your enemy, even the cops, are apt to do about anything to win their case. Especially in the deep south, you can expect the cops have a lot of skeletons in their closets and are totally corrupted. No surprises here. And...not really any worse than anywhere else in the deep south.