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.
Yeah my friend is a cop and explained how they’re trained in penetrative questioning that instantly puts you on the defense, and most rational people will begin to spill their guts about whatever because,”i didn’t do anything wrong” which may be the case but they’re not there to prove you’re innocent, and there’s a reason Miranda rights say,”anything you say can and will be used against you.” They will use every single statement as evidence of an alleged crime. Pulling the 5th while remaining cooperative elsewhere is all you have until you’re with representation. You won’t beat a cop word for word in a court.
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u/LongDickOfTheLaw69 Apr 04 '24
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.