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* On ''WesternAnimation/TheGaryColemanShow'', any physical evidence that Andy [=LeBeau=] has of his tempter/tormentor, Hornswoggle, is doomed. That said, since his supervisor, Angelica, is carrying an IdiotBall the size of creation itself, even HD film might not help.
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* Variation in ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption''. Andy had a gun and was planning on killing his wife and her lover, but decided against it and threw the gun into a river. Then someone else murdered his wife and her lover, and since they can't find his gun they can't test to see if the bullets match or not.
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* In ''Series/SantaBarbara'', after Kelly kills Dylan in self defense, the tape showing the incident ends up in Gina's hands, who uses it to deliver a ScarpiaUltimatum to C.C.
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* ''Literature/MercyThompson'': In ''Iron Kissed'', Gray Lord Nemane intended to take all of the fae items that had been stolen by [[spoiler:Tim Milanovich]], including a mind-warping goblet that the thief had tricked Mercy into drinking from. However, Honey stands up to Nemane, pointing out that they need to keep the goblet as evidence of Mercy's innocence -- without it, the surveillance videos make it appear as though Mercy randomly decided to [[spoiler:murder Tim after having "sex"]], when in reality [[spoiler:he had raped her]]. After Adam and Samuel chime in, Nemane decides to avoid this trope, allowing them to keep the goblet until Mercy is cleared of all charges.
* ''Literature/AMurderOfQuality'': {{Subverted}} with [[spoiler:the murder weapon]], which gets discovered by the police despite the killer discarding it [[spoiler:in a ditch four miles away from the crime scene]]. Naturally, this complicates the killer's attempt to [[FrameUp frame another]] as the culprit, as their intended target was constantly supervised during the period that it was dropped off.
* ''Literature/AMurderOfQuality'': {{Subverted}} with [[spoiler:the murder weapon]], which gets discovered by the police despite the killer discarding it [[spoiler:in a ditch four miles away from the crime scene]]. Naturally, this complicates the killer's attempt to [[FrameUp frame another]] as the culprit, as their intended target was constantly supervised during the period that it was dropped off.
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* In ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', an investigation into an old case, [[spoiler: DL-6]], which seems to have a connection with [[spoiler: the final case of the game, reveals that the incredibly intimidating enemy prosecutor, Manfred Von Karma, may have arranged for the crime to be committed thanks to ''his'' involvement in DL-6. That's when Von Karma ''happens'' to show up. You show him the incriminating evidence, and he ''happens'' to misplace the [[DisproportionateRetribution 50,000 volt taser]] he ''happened'' to be holding... right into your gut. And when you come to, he ''happens'' to have lost said incriminating evidence, with the exception of [[TheLastStraw one crummy bullet]]. [[SarcasmMode Whoops!]]]]
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* In ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', an investigation into an old case, [[spoiler:DL-6]], which seems to have a connection with [[spoiler:the final case of the game, reveals that the incredibly intimidating enemy prosecutor, Manfred Von Karma, may have arranged for the crime to be committed thanks to ''his'' involvement in DL-6. That's when Von Karma ''happens'' to show up. You show him the incriminating evidence, and he ''happens'' to misplace the [[DisproportionateRetribution 50,000 volt taser]] he ''happened'' to be holding... right into your gut. And when you come to, he ''happens'' to have lost said incriminating evidence, with the exception of [[TheLastStraw one crummy bullet]]. [[SarcasmMode Whoops!]]]]
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* In ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', an investigation into an old case, [[spoiler:DL-6]], which seems to have a connection with [[spoiler:the final case of the game, reveals that the incredibly intimidating enemy prosecutor, Manfred Von Karma, may have arranged for the crime to be committed thanks to ''his'' involvement in DL-6. That's when Von Karma ''happens'' to show up. You show him the incriminating evidence, and he ''happens'' to misplace the [[DisproportionateRetribution 50,000 volt taser]] he ''happened'' to be holding... right into your gut. And when you come to, he ''happens'' to have lost said incriminating evidence, with the exception of [[TheLastStraw one crummy bullet]]. [[SarcasmMode Whoops!]]]]
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* ''Film/Exit0'': Billy finds a videotape of a murder that happened in his hotel room. He puts it in his dresser drawer and tries to show it to the police, but it's gone when he tries to bring it out. He later finds it, in the dresser srawer where he left it. But when Detective Mueller plays it at the police station, all the tape shows is static.
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* In ''Series/MagicCity'', Judi Silver's confession that would blame someone besides Ike Evans is burned by Jack Klein.
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* ''Series/RechtOpRecht'': Happens to Chris' client from the episode "Dode Rambo". He killed someone in self-defense, but is arrested (and nearly tried) for murder, because the attacker weapon disappeared out of the blue. It eventually turns out that one of the attacker's allies hid the knife to frame Chris' client (and save his own skin).
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* In ''ComicBook/JonSableFreelance'' #20, Jon gets caught up in a liquor store robbery. He pulls his back-up derringer and chases the robber. A rookie cop sees Jon with a gun and fires (without first identifying himself as a police officer). He unloads his weapon and Jon goes down, with chest wounds. His partner turns up with the store clerk, who yells that he shot the man who was chasing the robber. The partner tells him to call an ambulance and goes to work on Jon. The rookie returns and says its coming and that Sable had a gun. The partner yells "Where is it?" We see a bystander pocket the derringer.
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* A self-inflicted version occurs in ''Film/HangmansKnot'' when PsychoPartyMember Rolph Bainter shoots and kills the Confederate office who betrayed them, but who was also the only one who could have testified that they were acting under orders and [[TheRemnant did not know the war was over]] when they massacred the pay train and stole the gold shipment.
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* A self-inflicted version occurs in ''Film/HangmansKnot'' when PsychoPartyMember Rolph Bainter shoots and kills the Confederate office officer who betrayed them, but who was also the only one who could have testified that they were acting under orders and [[TheRemnant did not know the war was over]] when they massacred the pay train and stole the gold shipment.
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* A self-inflicted version occurs in ''Film/HangmansKnot'' when PsychoPartyMember Rolph Pointer shoots and kills the Confederate office who betrayed them, but who was also the only one who could have testified that they were acting under orders and [[TheRemnant did not know the war was over]] when they massacred the pay train and stole the gold shipment.
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* In the first ''VideoGame/AceAttorney'' game, an investigation into an old case, [[spoiler: DL-6]], which seems to have a connection with [[spoiler: the final case of the game, reveals that the incredibly intimidating enemy prosecutor, Manfred Von Karma, may have arranged for the crime to be committed thanks to ''his'' involvement in DL-6. That's when Von Karma ''happens'' to show up. You show him the incriminating evidence, and he ''happens'' to misplace the [[DisproportionateRetribution 50,000 volt taser]] he ''happened'' to be holding... right into your gut. And when you come to, he ''happens'' to have lost said incriminating evidence, with the exception of [[TheLastStraw one crummy bullet]]. [[SarcasmMode Whoops!]]]]
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* In the first ''VideoGame/AceAttorney'' game, ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'', an investigation into an old case, [[spoiler: DL-6]], which seems to have a connection with [[spoiler: the final case of the game, reveals that the incredibly intimidating enemy prosecutor, Manfred Von Karma, may have arranged for the crime to be committed thanks to ''his'' involvement in DL-6. That's when Von Karma ''happens'' to show up. You show him the incriminating evidence, and he ''happens'' to misplace the [[DisproportionateRetribution 50,000 volt taser]] he ''happened'' to be holding... right into your gut. And when you come to, he ''happens'' to have lost said incriminating evidence, with the exception of [[TheLastStraw one crummy bullet]]. [[SarcasmMode Whoops!]]]]
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* In ''Film/AfterTheThinMan'', the murderer throws away the gun of someone he wants to frame. (As with the example below from ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'', testing the gun would prove the suspect's innocence.)
* Inverted in ''Film/BladeTrinity'', where Blade is tricked into killing a familiar instead of a vampire so that the body doesn't disintegrate in the sunlight.
* The plot of ''Film/BlueSteel'' is set off by the main villain stealing the gun of a robber the protagonist shoots, getting her suspended since there's no evidence he was armed.
* Inverted in ''Film/BladeTrinity'', where Blade is tricked into killing a familiar instead of a vampire so that the body doesn't disintegrate in the sunlight.
* The plot of ''Film/BlueSteel'' is set off by the main villain stealing the gun of a robber the protagonist shoots, getting her suspended since there's no evidence he was armed.
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* The plot of ''Film/BlueSteel'' is set off by In ''Film/{{Fallen}}'', the main villain stealing cop Hobbes is hunting a demonic serial killer, and gets provoked into shooting the demon's latest possessee in broad daylight. He knows no one will believe him if he tries to claim demonic possession was involved--but he can claim self-defense since the man was pointing a gun at him, right? Nope, it turns out the gun of a robber was loaded with blanks, and the protagonist shoots, getting her suspended since there's demon just possesses a bystander and testifies that Hobbes shot the man with no evidence he was armed.provocation.
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* In ''Film/AfterTheThinMan'', the murderer throws away the gun of someone he wants to frame. (As with the example above from ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'', testing the gun would prove the suspect's innocence.)
* Inverted in ''Film/BladeTrinity'', where Blade is tricked into killing a familiar instead of a vampire so that the body doesn't disintegrate in the sunlight.
* In ''Film/{{Fallen}}'', the cop Hobbes is hunting a demonic serial killer, and gets provoked into shooting the demon's latest possessee in broad daylight. He knows no one will believe him if he tries to claim demonic possession was involved--but he can claim self-defense since the man was pointing a gun at him, right? Nope, it turns out the gun was loaded with blanks, and the demon just possesses a bystander and testifies that Hobbes shot the man with no provocation.
* Inverted in ''Film/BladeTrinity'', where Blade is tricked into killing a familiar instead of a vampire so that the body doesn't disintegrate in the sunlight.
* In ''Film/{{Fallen}}'', the cop Hobbes is hunting a demonic serial killer, and gets provoked into shooting the demon's latest possessee in broad daylight. He knows no one will believe him if he tries to claim demonic possession was involved--but he can claim self-defense since the man was pointing a gun at him, right? Nope, it turns out the gun was loaded with blanks, and the demon just possesses a bystander and testifies that Hobbes shot the man with no provocation.
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* ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'': In "The Problem of Thor Bridge", a woman commits suicide using an elaborate method that disposes of the weapon, having already planted evidence that will frame the woman she considered a rival.
* ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'': In "The Problem of Thor Bridge", a woman commits suicide using an elaborate method that disposes of the weapon, having already planted evidence that will frame the woman she considered a rival.
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* ''Series/FrontierCircus'': In "Quick Shuffle", Ben catches a crooked dealer cheating him in a poker game. The dealer pulls a derringer and Ben shoots him. Another gambler kicks the derringer under a cupboard to get Ben arrested so he can use a doctored IOU to claim ownership of the circus.
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* ''Series/FrontierCircus'': In "Quick Shuffle", Ben catches A larger scale version twice to ''Series/TheATeam''.
** The team were ordered by their commanding officer Morrison to rob the bank of Hanoi as part of acrooked dealer cheating secret mission, but was then killed in an artillery strike and since the mission wasn't public knowledge the only people who knew the Team weren't just bank robbers were the Team themselves.
** The second was when it was revealed that Morrison had been a traitor and had sent them in to be ambushed and killed, which gave them a motive for Morrison's death. The witness who could prove that they weren't responsible ends up being killed by his criminal partners before the truth could come out.
* On ''Series/TheCloser'', Sgt Gabriel returns fire on a fleeing murderer but the gun isn't found and it appears he's shot an unarmed man. Brenda realizes that the shooter, the man's partner in the original murder, had been standing right by himin a poker game. The dealer pulls a derringer and Ben shoots him. Another gambler kicks disappeared in the derringer under a cupboard to get Ben arrested so he can use a doctored IOU to claim ownership of the circus.darkness after Gabriel returned fire.
** The team were ordered by their commanding officer Morrison to rob the bank of Hanoi as part of a
** The second was when it was revealed that Morrison had been a traitor and had sent them in to be ambushed and killed, which gave them a motive for Morrison's death. The witness who could prove that they weren't responsible ends up being killed by his criminal partners before the truth could come out.
* On ''Series/TheCloser'', Sgt Gabriel returns fire on a fleeing murderer but the gun isn't found and it appears he's shot an unarmed man. Brenda realizes that the shooter, the man's partner in the original murder, had been standing right by him
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** In the episode "Homebodies" a man attempts to disguise his suicide as murder by tying balloons to the gun so it floated away. The same trick was attempted in RealLife, as well.
* One episode of ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' has a rookie police officer shoot an armed suspect in an alley. When his veteran partner asks where the suspect's gun is, the rookie can't locate it. Not wanting his young partner to get railroaded by Internal Affairs, the senior officer produces a second firearm, puts the suspect's fingerprints on it, then announces that he "found" the perp's weapon. Later the suspect's actual weapon is found and both officers are put under investigation under suspicion of planting false evidence.
* In the ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' episode "Zero Day", the DirtyCop organization "HR" tries to assassinate Detective Carter, but Carter [[AssassinOutclassin proves quicker on the trigger than the shooter]]. HR member Detective Terney improvises, pocketing the shooter's gun to make it look like Carter shot an unarmed man and getting her demoted by the premiere of the next season.
* A heroic example in the ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "[[Recap/StargateSG1S8E8Covenant Covenant]]". Faced with an aerospace billionaire who means to blow the whistle on the stargate program, the SGC has their Asgard friend Thor beam the evidence right out of his office building so he can't prove anything he said, discrediting him.
* One episode of ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' has a rookie police officer shoot an armed suspect in an alley. When his veteran partner asks where the suspect's gun is, the rookie can't locate it. Not wanting his young partner to get railroaded by Internal Affairs, the senior officer produces a second firearm, puts the suspect's fingerprints on it, then announces that he "found" the perp's weapon. Later the suspect's actual weapon is found and both officers are put under investigation under suspicion of planting false evidence.
* In the ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' episode "Zero Day", the DirtyCop organization "HR" tries to assassinate Detective Carter, but Carter [[AssassinOutclassin proves quicker on the trigger than the shooter]]. HR member Detective Terney improvises, pocketing the shooter's gun to make it look like Carter shot an unarmed man and getting her demoted by the premiere of the next season.
* A heroic example in the ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "[[Recap/StargateSG1S8E8Covenant Covenant]]". Faced with an aerospace billionaire who means to blow the whistle on the stargate program, the SGC has their Asgard friend Thor beam the evidence right out of his office building so he can't prove anything he said, discrediting him.
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** In the episode "Homebodies" a man attempts to [[SuicideNotMurder disguise his suicide suicide]] as murder by tying balloons to the gun so it floated away. The same trick was attempted in RealLife, as well.
* One episode of ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' has a rookie police officer shoot an armed suspect in an alley. When his veteran partner asks where the suspect's gun is, the rookie can't locate it. Not wanting his young partner to get railroaded by Internal Affairs, the senior officer produces a second firearm, puts the suspect's fingerprints on it, then announces that he "found" the perp's weapon. Later the suspect's actual weapon is found and both officers are put under investigation under suspicion of planting false evidence.
* In the ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' episode "Zero Day", the DirtyCop organization "HR" tries to assassinate Detective Carter, but Carter [[AssassinOutclassin proves quicker on the trigger than the shooter]]. HR member Detective Terney improvises, pocketing the shooter's gun to make it look like Carter shot an unarmed man and getting her demoted by the premiere of the next season.
* A heroic example in the ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "[[Recap/StargateSG1S8E8Covenant Covenant]]". Faced with an aerospace billionaire who means to blow the whistle on the stargate program, the SGC has their Asgard friend Thor beam the evidence right out of his office building so he can't prove anything he said, discrediting him.well.
* One episode of ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' has a rookie police officer shoot an armed suspect in an alley. When his veteran partner asks where the suspect's gun is, the rookie can't locate it. Not wanting his young partner to get railroaded by Internal Affairs, the senior officer produces a second firearm, puts the suspect's fingerprints on it, then announces that he "found" the perp's weapon. Later the suspect's actual weapon is found and both officers are put under investigation under suspicion of planting false evidence.
* In the ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' episode "Zero Day", the DirtyCop organization "HR" tries to assassinate Detective Carter, but Carter [[AssassinOutclassin proves quicker on the trigger than the shooter]]. HR member Detective Terney improvises, pocketing the shooter's gun to make it look like Carter shot an unarmed man and getting her demoted by the premiere of the next season.
* A heroic example in the ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "[[Recap/StargateSG1S8E8Covenant Covenant]]". Faced with an aerospace billionaire who means to blow the whistle on the stargate program, the SGC has their Asgard friend Thor beam the evidence right out of his office building so he can't prove anything he said, discrediting him.
* In the first part of an ''Series/EarlyEdition'' two-parter, Gary is arrested for murder and tells a cop that his gloves will prove he didn't shoot the victim by the absence of powder on them. The last shot before "to be continued" shows a pair of hands pulling gloves out of an evidence bag, putting them on and firing a few shots with them...
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* A larger scale version twice to ''Series/TheATeam''.
** The team were ordered by their commanding officer Morrison to rob the bank of Hanoi as part of a secret mission, but was then killed in an artillery strike and since the mission wasn't public knowledge the only people who knew the Team weren't just bank robbers were the Team themselves.
** The second was when it was revealed that Morrison had been a traitor and had sent them in to be ambushed and killed, which gave them a motive for Morrison's death. The witness who could prove that they weren't responsible ends up being killed by his criminal partners before the truth could come out.
* On ''Series/TheCloser'', Sgt Gabriel returns fire on a fleeing murderer but the gun isn't found and it appears he's shot an unarmed man. Brenda realizes that the shooter, the man's partner in the original murder, had been standing right by him and disappeared in the darkness after Gabriel returned fire.
* One episode of ''Series/SpacePrecinct'' has the cops accused of shooting down a criminal's car during a chase. The witnesses have been hypnotized into claiming it was unprovoked, and a robot who recorded everything is broken down.
* In the first part of an ''Series/EarlyEdition'' two-parter, Gary is arrested for murder and tells a cop that his gloves will prove he didn't shoot the victim by the absence of powder on them. The last shot before "to be continued" shows a pair of hands pulling gloves out of an evidence bag, putting them on and firing a few shots with them...
** The team were ordered by their commanding officer Morrison to rob the bank of Hanoi as part of a secret mission, but was then killed in an artillery strike and since the mission wasn't public knowledge the only people who knew the Team weren't just bank robbers were the Team themselves.
** The second was when it was revealed that Morrison had been a traitor and had sent them in to be ambushed and killed, which gave them a motive for Morrison's death. The witness who could prove that they weren't responsible ends up being killed by his criminal partners before the truth could come out.
* On ''Series/TheCloser'', Sgt Gabriel returns fire on a fleeing murderer but the gun isn't found and it appears he's shot an unarmed man. Brenda realizes that the shooter, the man's partner in the original murder, had been standing right by him and disappeared in the darkness after Gabriel returned fire.
* One episode of ''Series/SpacePrecinct'' has the cops accused of shooting down a criminal's car during a chase. The witnesses have been hypnotized into claiming it was unprovoked, and a robot who recorded everything is broken down.
* In the first part of an ''Series/EarlyEdition'' two-parter, Gary is arrested for murder and tells a cop that his gloves will prove he didn't shoot the victim by the absence of powder on them. The last shot before "to be continued" shows a pair of hands pulling gloves out of an evidence bag, putting them on and firing a few shots with them...
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* A larger scale version twice to ''Series/TheATeam''.
**''Series/FrontierCircus'': In "Quick Shuffle", Ben catches a crooked dealer cheating him in a poker game. The team were ordered by their commanding officer Morrison to rob dealer pulls a derringer and Ben shoots him. Another gambler kicks the bank derringer under a cupboard to get Ben arrested so he can use a doctored IOU to claim ownership of Hanoi as part of a secret mission, but was then killed in an artillery strike and since the mission wasn't public knowledge the only people who knew the Team weren't just bank robbers were the Team themselves.
** The second was when it was revealed that Morrison had been a traitor and had sent them in to be ambushed and killed, which gave them a motive for Morrison's death. The witness who could prove that they weren't responsible ends up being killed by his criminal partners before the truth could come out.
* On ''Series/TheCloser'', Sgt Gabriel returns fire on a fleeing murderer but the gun isn't found and it appears he's shot an unarmed man. Brenda realizes that the shooter, the man's partner in the original murder, had been standing right by him and disappeared in the darkness after Gabriel returned fire.
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* One episode of''Series/SpacePrecinct'' ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' has the cops accused of shooting down a criminal's car during a chase. The witnesses have been hypnotized into claiming it was unprovoked, and a robot who recorded everything is broken down.
* In the first part of an ''Series/EarlyEdition'' two-parter, Gary is arrested for murder and tells a cop that his gloves will prove he didn'trookie police officer shoot an armed suspect in an alley. When his veteran partner asks where the victim by suspect's gun is, the absence of powder rookie can't locate it. Not wanting his young partner to get railroaded by Internal Affairs, the senior officer produces a second firearm, puts the suspect's fingerprints on them. The last shot before "to be continued" shows a pair of hands pulling gloves out of an evidence bag, putting them on it, then announces that he "found" the perp's weapon. Later the suspect's actual weapon is found and firing a few shots with them...both officers are put under investigation under suspicion of planting false evidence.
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** The second was when it was revealed that Morrison had been a traitor and had sent them in to be ambushed and killed, which gave them a motive for Morrison's death. The witness who could prove that they weren't responsible ends up being killed by his criminal partners before the truth could come out.
* On ''Series/TheCloser'', Sgt Gabriel returns fire on a fleeing murderer but the gun isn't found and it appears he's shot an unarmed man. Brenda realizes that the shooter, the man's partner in the original murder, had been standing right by him and disappeared in the darkness after Gabriel returned fire.
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* In the first part of an ''Series/EarlyEdition'' two-parter, Gary is arrested for murder and tells a cop that his gloves will prove he didn't
* In the ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' episode "Zero Day", the DirtyCop organization "HR" tries to assassinate Detective Carter, but Carter [[AssassinOutclassin proves quicker on the trigger than the shooter]]. HR member Detective Terney improvises, pocketing the shooter's gun to make it look like Carter shot an unarmed man and getting her demoted by the premiere of the next season.
* One episode of ''Series/SpacePrecinct'' has the cops accused of shooting down a criminal's car during a chase. The witnesses have been hypnotized into claiming it was unprovoked, and a robot who recorded everything is broken down.
* A heroic example in the ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "[[Recap/StargateSG1S8E8Covenant Covenant]]". Faced with an aerospace billionaire who means to blow the whistle on the stargate program, the SGC has their Asgard friend Thor beam the evidence right out of his office building so he can't prove anything he said, discrediting him.
* One episode of ''Series/SpacePrecinct'' has the cops accused of shooting down a criminal's car during a chase. The witnesses have been hypnotized into claiming it was unprovoked, and a robot who recorded everything is broken down.
* A heroic example in the ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "[[Recap/StargateSG1S8E8Covenant Covenant]]". Faced with an aerospace billionaire who means to blow the whistle on the stargate program, the SGC has their Asgard friend Thor beam the evidence right out of his office building so he can't prove anything he said, discrediting him.
* In the first ''VideoGame/AceAttorney'' game, an investigation into an old case, [[spoiler: DL-6]], which seems to have a connection with [[spoiler: the final case of the game, reveals that the incredibly intimidating enemy prosecutor, Manfred Von Karma, may have arranged for the crime to be committed thanks to ''his'' involvement in DL-6. That's when Von Karma ''happens'' to show up. You show him the incriminating evidence, and he ''happens'' to misplace the [[DisproportionateRetribution 50,000 volt taser]] he ''happened'' to be holding... right into your gut. And when you come to, he ''happens'' to have lost said incriminating evidence, with the exception of [[TheLastStraw one crummy bullet]]. [[SarcasmMode Whoops!]]]]
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* In the first ''VideoGame/AceAttorney'' game, an investigation into an old case, [[spoiler: DL-6]], which seems to have a connection with [[spoiler: the final case of the game, reveals that the incredibly intimidating enemy prosecutor, Manfred Von Karma, may have arranged for the crime to be committed thanks to ''his'' involvement in DL-6. That's when Von Karma ''happens'' to show up. You show him the incriminating evidence, and he ''happens'' to misplace the [[DisproportionateRetribution 50,000 volt taser]] he ''happened'' to be holding... right into your gut. And when you come to, he ''happens'' to have lost said incriminating evidence, with the exception of [[TheLastStraw one crummy bullet]]. [[SarcasmMode Whoops!]]]]
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* In the first ''VideoGame/AceAttorney'' game, an investigation into an old case, [[spoiler: DL-6]], which seems to have a connection with [[spoiler: the final case of the game, reveals that the incredibly intimidating enemy prosecutor, Manfred Von Karma, may have arranged for the crime to be committed thanks to ''his'' involvement in DL-6. That's when Von Karma ''happens'' to show up. You show him the incriminating evidence, and he ''happens'' to misplace the [[DisproportionateRetribution 50,000 volt taser]] he ''happened'' to be holding... right into your gut. And when you come to, he ''happens'' to have lost said incriminating evidence, with the exception of [[TheLastStraw one crummy bullet]]. [[SarcasmMode Whoops!]]]]
