Life's Too Serious...
30/06/2014
If you ever testify in court, you might wish you could be as sharp as this policeman. He was being cross-examined by the defence barrister. The barrister was trying to undermine the policeman's credibility:
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Q: "Officer -- did you see my client fleeing the scene?"
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A: "No sir. But I subsequently observed a person matching the description of the offender, running several blocks away."
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Q: "Officer -- who provided this description?"
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A: "The officer who responded to the scene."
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Q: "A fellow officer provided the description of this so-called offender. Do you trust your fellow officers?"
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A: "Yes, sir. With my life."
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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?"
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A: "Yes sir; we do."
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Q: "And do you have a locker in the room?"
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A: "Yes sir; I do."
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Q: "And do you have a lock on your locker?"
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A: "Yes sir."
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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?"
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A: "You see, sir -- we share the building with the court complex, and sometimes lawyers have been known to walk through that room."