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Even good cops lie. It's absolutely the number one skill. They lie even when they don't have to. Walleye May 2021 #1
I've known a lot of cops, including an ex-BiL who still is a cop - 6'-2" and the hat size of a ... marble falls May 2021 #3
Yeah, casual sadism is not a beneficial social skill. Though some rely on it for acknowledgement. jaxexpat May 2021 #12
They run with their long suit. marble falls May 2021 #13
Its never snowybirdie May 2021 #2
Why would courts allow them to lie to suspects if they weren't generally lying? marble falls May 2021 #4
There you go again snowybirdie May 2021 #5
Lol, nice try! Nt USALiberal May 2021 #6
I have met and known a bunch of cops in my life. CrackityJones75 May 2021 #8
The only Rebl2 May 2021 #19
And there you go again, mis-catagorizing other's words to prop up your argument ... marble falls May 2021 #16
Yup. StarfishSaver May 2021 #31
"It's never good to generalize so broadly." - I see what you did there! Towlie May 2021 #9
Afraid I'm snowybirdie May 2021 #11
When I interact with a cop I always remind myself that I'm dealing with some who CHOSE to be a cop. Towlie May 2021 #17
I hate it when an entire class of people ***PROVABLY*** hate on an ethnicities anywhere uponit7771 May 2021 #28
A cop dives in a raging river to save a woman in a car and multigraincracker May 2021 #7
One of my best friends from my college job became a cop JT45242 May 2021 #10
Think that's a pretty good assessment. Hoyt May 2021 #14
Yep, that sounds about right. Jedi Guy May 2021 #18
Which third looks the other way when they see another cop commit a crime? Iggo May 2021 #20
This. +1000 Solomon May 2021 #29
That assessment meshes with my experience. misanthrope May 2021 #27
As a criminal defense lawyer for over 30 years one thing I know for sure, cops lie like a rug. Pepsidog May 2021 #15
As A Criminal Defense Lawyer For 24 Years, I Can Confirm That, And I'll Go You One Better ChoppinBroccoli May 2021 #24
Wow, so they are trained liars. The next cop I have on cross maybe a few questions about this is in Pepsidog May 2021 #25
As a journalist for over 20 years misanthrope May 2021 #26
The difference between a lawyer's lie usually doesn't result in someone going to prison or Pepsidog May 2021 #30
Lawyers don't have power of life and death over anyone StarfishSaver May 2021 #32
Wayne LaPierre was on the right track... world wide wally May 2021 #21
I highly recommend the book: Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets scarletlib May 2021 #22
Evening kick. WhiskeyGrinder May 2021 #23
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