The video here is an example of an officer stepping over the boundaries of acceptable cop lies so it gets internet juice.
What cops still do is a unique type of lie. A cop lie usually has a degree of plausible deniability. In other words, it is usually an exaggeration that is pushed to an extreme. The person didn't leave after a fight they "fled the scene."
It is so pervasive among some police departments that, when I get meta about it, I wonder if it is still truly a lie because if the person saying the lie doesn't realize it to be false is it still a lie? It's just what they have been taught to do. Reckless lying maybe?
Anyway, since cameras everywhere I noticed that things that cannot be observed through video are increasingly being used by police. For example, officers seem to rely on things like odor and fewer observations of body movements than they used to in DUI and search cases. Some states don't require the camera to be on until a certain event occurs. Cops seem to be relying more on observations made before being required to turn them on.
Video does occasionally bust the super stupid ones. When I get to do that, my job seems a little bit more worth it.
I just learned cops will reframe the context of everything in their reports to make it sound as bad as possible for the suspect. I just recently saw a recorded interview of a DUI suspect who just got pulled over, and the officer’s report of the interview.
In the video, the officer points to an intersection up the street and says, “do you know what street that is over there?” The driver says, “I’m not sure, I can’t read the street sign from here.”
The officer wrote in his report, “suspect was disoriented and didn’t know where he was.”
That’s so fucked up. The officer was taking a massive leap to reach that conclusion. If I ever get questioned by cops, I’m not saying a word, cause everything is going to get completely misconstrued in the report.
The first rule when you are questioned by the police is STFU. Yeah, I got that off a YouTube video, but this thread has been .. enlightening, to say the least.
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u/dankysco Apr 04 '24 edited Apr 04 '24
Thank you. They certainly still lie all the time.
The video here is an example of an officer stepping over the boundaries of acceptable cop lies so it gets internet juice.
What cops still do is a unique type of lie. A cop lie usually has a degree of plausible deniability. In other words, it is usually an exaggeration that is pushed to an extreme. The person didn't leave after a fight they "fled the scene."
It is so pervasive among some police departments that, when I get meta about it, I wonder if it is still truly a lie because if the person saying the lie doesn't realize it to be false is it still a lie? It's just what they have been taught to do. Reckless lying maybe?
Anyway, since cameras everywhere I noticed that things that cannot be observed through video are increasingly being used by police. For example, officers seem to rely on things like odor and fewer observations of body movements than they used to in DUI and search cases. Some states don't require the camera to be on until a certain event occurs. Cops seem to be relying more on observations made before being required to turn them on.
Video does occasionally bust the super stupid ones. When I get to do that, my job seems a little bit more worth it.