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Staten Island man dies after NYPD cop puts him on chokehold
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<blockquote data-quote="tarquin" data-source="post: 537401" data-attributes="member: 3541"><p>Bolded is incorrect. If you want to be buddy-buddy about a traffic violation, that's your call. Once you get into misdemeanor land and above, STFU and ask for a lawyer. </p><p></p><p>For just one example of how talking could be bad:</p><p></p><p>Let's say that you are falsely accused of rape. You know it's bullshit, so you freely talk and are "buddy-buddy" with the arresting and interrogating officers. They show you a picture of a girl. She's a complete cracked out ugly whore. You've never seen this woman in your life. So you tell the police this.</p><p></p><p>The problem is, the picture is of a woman you actually had sex with a week before. The picture shows her without makeup on and after a long night of drug/alcohol abuse: not how you remember her at all. When the police officer goes on the stand, do you know what he tells the jury?</p><p></p><p>Exactly what you told him. Mr. So-and-so said that he never saw this woman and he signed a statement saying so before we took a DNA sample from the pepsi bottle he was drinking from (we him pepsi, because we're buddies and all) and let him go. </p><p></p><p>Whoops! Why did you lie about knowing her? The DNA matches, so you obviously did see her...</p><p></p><p>At that point, you almost have to take the stand. As far as the jury is concerned, you are now a liar. Go ahead, get up on the stand and melt in front of the Court and the Jury in your own defense explaining why you couldn't identify her in the pictures, and then go on to explain how you didn't rape her. Do you think you would make a good witness in your own defense? I don't. It's nothing personal, but 99.9% of people are bad witnesses and crumble under the pressure. Even with preparation it's bad.</p><p></p><p>Not something I'd like to risk. If you want to be buddy-buddy, be buddy-buddy when you are on the stand with no statements to be offered against you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tarquin, post: 537401, member: 3541"] Bolded is incorrect. If you want to be buddy-buddy about a traffic violation, that's your call. Once you get into misdemeanor land and above, STFU and ask for a lawyer. For just one example of how talking could be bad: Let's say that you are falsely accused of rape. You know it's bullshit, so you freely talk and are "buddy-buddy" with the arresting and interrogating officers. They show you a picture of a girl. She's a complete cracked out ugly whore. You've never seen this woman in your life. So you tell the police this. The problem is, the picture is of a woman you actually had sex with a week before. The picture shows her without makeup on and after a long night of drug/alcohol abuse: not how you remember her at all. When the police officer goes on the stand, do you know what he tells the jury? Exactly what you told him. Mr. So-and-so said that he never saw this woman and he signed a statement saying so before we took a DNA sample from the pepsi bottle he was drinking from (we him pepsi, because we're buddies and all) and let him go. Whoops! Why did you lie about knowing her? The DNA matches, so you obviously did see her... At that point, you almost have to take the stand. As far as the jury is concerned, you are now a liar. Go ahead, get up on the stand and melt in front of the Court and the Jury in your own defense explaining why you couldn't identify her in the pictures, and then go on to explain how you didn't rape her. Do you think you would make a good witness in your own defense? I don't. It's nothing personal, but 99.9% of people are bad witnesses and crumble under the pressure. Even with preparation it's bad. Not something I'd like to risk. If you want to be buddy-buddy, be buddy-buddy when you are on the stand with no statements to be offered against you. [/QUOTE]
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