http://www.miamiherald.com/news/stat...158578229.html
And this is your typical black male's experience with the police. Racial profiling, uneven application of the law, and fake laws used to intimidate.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/stat...158578229.html
And this is your typical black male's experience with the police. Racial profiling, uneven application of the law, and fake laws used to intimidate.
Hope is the denial of reality
Yet another thing that routine video recording can end. If you've got a cop lying on video then he can and should be disciplined for it. Case closed.Originally Posted by Loki
It's subtle but your view of the haves and haves not is showing again. When a person lies to a cop it's illegal and they get arrested and charged. When a cop does the lying they get disciplined.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Since when were the cops "the haves" and suspects were "the haves not"?
Also since when was lying illegal? Immoral maybe, but illegal I don't think so.
To my knowledge it is not illegal to lie. From my knowledge from US cop dramas the Police lying is not illegal (an issue frequently raised in The Closer/Major Crimes). But also to my knowledge lying to the Police is actually not a crime either - though wasting Police time by filing a false report and attempting to pervert the course of justice both are.
Though if you do get caught out in a lie then expect to get a lot more attention and be trusted a lot less afterwards.
Again from my knowledge from TV dramas lying to the FBI is a crime unlike lying to the Police.
in pretty much every example we've used in this thread thus far, and its broken down in the last link I gave you.
Most places will file it under obstruction. Officers have even arrested defense attorneys for telling their clients say nothing at all. But states do have their own laws for it, like Florida's. Which is separate from filing a false report.Also since when was lying illegal? Immoral maybe, but illegal I don't think so.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Ooh, TV dramas. First wikipedia and now outright fiction. Rand, correct me if I'm wrong but you DO understand what obstruction of justice is, right?
Yes, it is illegal to lie to the police.
Last night as I lay in bed, looking up at the stars, I thought, “Where the hell is my ceiling?"
Except, again, that isn't happening. See the guy who shot a black man in the back and was recorded placing a weapon in his dead hand. The state courts couldn't get a conviction. He's in jail now because the Feds hit him with a civil rights charge, and he made a plea which is going to drop even the obstruction of justice charge.
And the thing is, there's actually a lesser included offense he could be convicted of if he were just utterly and ultimately fatally incompetent. That's precisely the sort of thing manslaughter is for here in the US. If it's your screw up, the fault and criminal responsibility is still yours. And if the death should not have happened then it is INDEED a screw up.
Last night as I lay in bed, looking up at the stars, I thought, “Where the hell is my ceiling?"
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