26/09/2012

If you ever testify in court, you might want to be as sharp as this policeman. He was being cross-examined by a defence attorney during a felony trial. The lawyer was trying to undermine the policeman's credibility...

Q:    "Officer -- did you see my client fleeing the scene?"
A:    "No sir.  But I subsequently observed a person matching the description of the offender, running several     blocks away."

Q:    "Officer -- who provided this description?"
A:     "The officer who responded to the scene."

Q:    "A fellow officer provided the description of this so-called offender. Do you trust your fellow officers?"
A:     "Yes, sir.  With my life."

Q:    "With your life?  Let me ask you this then, officer.  Do you have a room where you change your clothes in preparation for your daily duties?"
A:      "Yes sir; we do."

Q:     "And do you have a locker in the room?"
A:       "Yes sir; I do."

Q:     "And do you have a lock on your locker?"
A:      "Yes sir."

Q:     "Now why is it, officer, if you trust your fellow officers with your life, you find it necessary to lock your locker in a room you share with these same officers?"
A:       "You see, sir -- we share the building with the court complex, and sometimes lawyers have been known to walk through that room."