Police Lie?
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Yes, shockingly, it's legal for police to lie to criminals and even the public in the correct context.
You want an undercover officer to have to sheepishly say, "well, yeah, I can't say no" when someone asks him if he's a cop?
You think it's immoral for a cop to lie to a suspect during interrogation? It's not, nor is it illegal...cops can't cross the line to coercion, however, which is behavior which would reasonably induce an innocent person to confess to a crime he hadn't committed. (Coercion may or may not involve lying.)
It's illegal for police to falsify reports or make other false official statements (lies), and as police, they should be expected to be truthful in this context and held to an exacting standard. But police can and should lie; however, stating the fact that plainly and out-of-context makes it sound sinister.
Ed: As to this CSU guy, what a 'tard.
You want an undercover officer to have to sheepishly say, "well, yeah, I can't say no" when someone asks him if he's a cop?
You think it's immoral for a cop to lie to a suspect during interrogation? It's not, nor is it illegal...cops can't cross the line to coercion, however, which is behavior which would reasonably induce an innocent person to confess to a crime he hadn't committed. (Coercion may or may not involve lying.)
It's illegal for police to falsify reports or make other false official statements (lies), and as police, they should be expected to be truthful in this context and held to an exacting standard. But police can and should lie; however, stating the fact that plainly and out-of-context makes it sound sinister.
Ed: As to this CSU guy, what a 'tard.
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In another recorded snippet, Yarbrough said police can exchange drugs for information. He went on to say that law enforcement officers can then deny any such deal.
And, of course, no peace officer would EVER lie under oath on a witness stand...
And, of course, no peace officer would EVER lie under oath on a witness stand...
So is coercion beating the carp out of someone to get them to confess? Or is that torture (or is it an "enhanced interrogation technique")? ****. I am so confused. What is the politically correct term for something that is totally acceptable for law enforcement and government to do and prosecutable when done by the people?
Thanks for calling me on my obvious troll, but man I loves me some carp. That funking carp swims right past the profanity filter.
It's just that I saw you got terribly close to agreeing with me in another thread, and wanted to be sure you think long and hard before you make another mistake like that again.
It's just that I saw you got terribly close to agreeing with me in another thread, and wanted to be sure you think long and hard before you make another mistake like that again.
i'm surprised he ventures outside his fortress of solitude.
When was the last time you got arrested for lying?
I try not to.
Ask Rodger Clemens ...
As MikeD noted, when you lie in certain contexts, that is illegal. It would have been just as illegal for a police officer (or president for that matter) to lie to a Congressional Committee.