Would you talk with the police?

[Ron61]

Jim,

That is a very good video and one that I may use in our CCP classes. We have lawyers tell the people to not talk to the police as they are going to take them in for 24 hours anyway and they get excited if they have to use a weapon and will invariably say something that can be twisted around. I know this is different from what the question was, but it applies in almost all situations. Say NOTHING and if they arrest you get a lawyer. In this case the spouse is always the first suspect even if he/she is hundreds of miles away as they are then going to assume they had an accomplice and were establishing an alibi by being away. And this is in no way knocking the LEOs, as they are doing a tough job and usually under some Prosecutor who is more interested in their conviction record to prepare them for a higher office than the actual facts.

Ron

[Woodz428]

Originally Posted by Ron61

Jim,
And this is in no way knocking the LEOs, as they are doing a tough job and usually under some Prosecutor who is more interested in their conviction record to prepare them for a higher office than the actual facts.

Ron

And that my friends is at the root of most of the law enforcement problems. If we held prosecutors accountable and not allow them to use their "record" as campaign fodder, many of the problems would vanish. Why can private citizens be held for perjury, but when prosecutors railroad someone for a conviction they are not charged. If DNA evidence reveals that the convicted was no where near the scene and were wrongly convicted, the citizens foot the bill for reparations and the ones that created the tragedy continue cluelessly.
I look at the Constitution from the perspective of the framers. They knew what it was like to have the "Crown" railroad innocent people and they hoped to prevent the same here. I think we get so consumed with someone "getting off" we forget that many are railroaded. I could tell stories that will make you sick...and in a "free" country no less.
The comments on the video regarding the amount of laws on the books reiterates by view that no one in this country is innocent. The leeches on society have created a web of laws designed to make everyone (they of course exempt themselves) in the country guilty ...of something.