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> It if were parallel construction, the intent would be for the forward construction to seem more logical to you.

Yeah I agree that when parallel construction happens they make the parallel case a logical one. But that involves making a parallel case. You're saying that the shirt -> Etsy -> Poshmark -> Linkedin chain was not created in that order and was created in some other order. I don't see how it's logical that it could be created in some other order, even with illegal evidence.

>>Thorre+(OP)
I don't know what happened and haven't looked closely enough to have an opinion. I was only noting in response to your comment that in the hypothetical case of parallel construction, the parallel case would seem logical.

Beyond this specific case, I think the point of parallel construction is an interesting one because it makes it really difficult to know the "truth" where law enforcement have significant control over the flow of information.

Sometimes traditional or other media can help with the information asymmetry but sometimes, perhaps, not.

>>chisha+Ta
Yeah, I think I agree. My main original point wasn't simply that the accused parallel case was logical, but that it was more logical than any other case even if we assume illegal evidence was involved.

This is as opposed to say a police officer pulling over a drug dealer's car full drugs for failing to use a turn signal. If we assume illegal evidence was involved there, it's most logical the police were given some heads-up that there would be a drug dealer with a car full of drugs in the area to pull over, and the failing to signal on a turn was just used as a convenient excuse.