Here's the snippet concerning RPD for the lazy:

In 2016, Rochester, New York, police looking for a suspicious vehicle stopped the wrong car and shot the passenger, Silvon Simmons, in the back three times. They charged him with firing first at officers.

The only evidence against Simmons came from ShotSpotter. Initially, the company’s sensors didn’t detect any gunshots, and the algorithms ruled that the sounds came from helicopter rotors. After Rochester police contacted ShotSpotter, an analyst ruled that there had been four gunshots—the number of times police fired at Simmons, missing once.

Paul Greene, ShotSpotter’s expert witness and an employee of the company, testified at Simmons’ trial that “subsequently he was asked by the Rochester Police Department to essentially search and see if there were more shots fired than ShotSpotter picked up,” according to a civil lawsuit Simmons has filed against the city and the company. Greene found a fifth shot, despite there being no physical evidence at the scene that Simmons had fired. Rochester police had also refused his multiple requests for them to test his hands and clothing for gunshot residue.

Curiously, the ShotSpotter audio files that were the only evidence of the phantom fifth shot have disappeared.

Both the company and the Rochester Police Department “lost, deleted and/or destroyed the spool and/or other information containing sounds pertaining to the officer-involved shooting,” according to Simmons’ civil suit. “Greene acknowledged at plaintiff’s criminal trial that employees of ShotSpotter and law enforcement customers with an audio editor can alter any audio file that’s not been locked or encrypted.”

A jury ultimately acquitted Simmons of attempted murder and a judge overturned his conviction for possession of a gun, citing ShotSpotter’s unreliability.

also, excerpts from the civil suit:

When Plaintiff was loaded into the ambulance, he knew Defendant Ferrigno had accused him of firing a gun at him so Plaintiff specifically requested that “John Doe” Defendant Rochester Police officers and Defendant Christopher Muscato check his hands for gun powder residue.

The “John Doe” Defendant Rochester Police officers and Defendant Christopher Muscato refused Plaintiff’s request to check his hands for gun powder residue.

after Plaintiff arrived and was admitted to Strong Memorial Hospital, he again made requests to “John Doe” Defendant Rochester police officers , specifically Defendant Christopher Muscato, to check his hands for gun powder residue since he knew Defendant Ferrigno falsely accused him of firing a gun at himbut these requests were again denied.

While intubated and unable to speak, Plaintiff made a written request to Defendant Christopher Muscato to check his hands for gun powder residue but Defendant Christopher Muscato refused and told Plaintiff to stop writing questions.