> But then again, is he really lying?
Yes. Look up the definition of "lie" sometime.
> What he did there was what many guilty criminals fall for, they believe it in haste because they know they are guilty.
That's still a lie when a cop says something that he knows is not true. That's the definition of "lying".
> Why on earth would you think that would be true if you had broken a law?
Because a cop told that to you. Children are usually taught to trust a police officer. Yet, those same children are taught not to lie and not to trust anyone that lies. So, should you trust a police officer when you know that they will blatantly lie in order to trap you?
Think about this; do you think that a copy will have any problem at all getting up on the witness stand and lying under oath? Remember that they are taught at police school to lie and they get promoted by lying and they protect their job by lying and the court always takes their word. And you seem to be perfectly happy with the fact that they lie all the time. What possible incentive do they have to stand up in court and suddenly tell the truth?
> But yeah, the whole cop accusation thing and winning the case is something I am on the wall about. I never really figured out how you could prove your case against a cop, who would just be able to tag on other arrests.
And that's really the whole problem. Your testimony against a cop in open court is worthless. His testimony is treated as the gospel truth. You lose.
I saw an episode of Judge Judy a couple of years ago where a woman thought she was treated unfairly by a cop and wrote a complaint to his supervisor. Of course, the supervisor ignored the complaint, but the complaint still went into the officer's file. He then sued the woman for $5,000 for damaging his career and he won.
> I guess at that point, or maybe while you were stopped, try to do your best NOT to piss him off in the first place? ... At that point, you could always plead for a lesser punishment.
Sadly, that is the way most people react. When confronted by a cop, they just put their head down and hope that the cop hasn't had a bad day today and that he decides to be merciful. And, if he has has a bad day and arrests you, maybe if you humble yourself in court, the judge may give you a break.
That's the way most Germans felt about the Nazis in the 1930s; just keep your head down and pray that they looked the other way.
> There have been times in history where a cop has done that; however, the only way they found out that the cop was unnecessarily tacking on arrests was when they were making a habit of doing so.
True. That's very sad that the only way a cop is ever punished for his abuse is if he is so blatant and repetitive with that abuse that the department decides that he is giving them too much of a black eye and must be kicked out.
> At that point, you could always plead for a lesser punishment.
And that's a big problem for the court system. If a cop is ever convicted of lying and fraud and abuse of power, that invalidates every case he's ever worked on and the city will be on the hook for millions of dollars in lawsuits for wrongful arrest/conviction. That's why cops are almost never prosecuted.
It always comes down to money. Cops and judges and cities make lots of money when people are arrested and they lose money when bad cops are outed.
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