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Can police lie and get away with it?

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Can a police officer lie on the witness stand? They have taken a oath to protect and serve, and tell the truth, but I have seen cops lie right to a judges face. Why is it they can lie but regular citizens can not?

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Yuahh- they can lie.
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we can all lie, just don't get caught
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Police get paid cash under the table to lie every day. Some have ethics and some do not. If police were paid a better salary, this would never happen.
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what would they have to gain from lying?
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I believe that it's legal for a cop to lie to you to get you to confess or give them the information that they want. However it is illegal for them to lie under sworn oath, but the brorherhood of cops sticks together and protects each other so much, that it,s a lot more dificult to nail them for it.
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regular citizens can lie if they want too... Noone is stoping anyone from telling the truth or lying. There are consequences to lyin on the stand if someone finds out.

Cops watch each others backs, thats what gives them room to fib the truth.......People dont attack cops on stand, they attack the normal citizens though.
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Anyone can lie on the witness stand as long as they don't get caught and convicted.
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Idk about all of that...

But,i do know they can speed and get away with it.

Life isn't fair.
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Life isn't fair. And unfortunately there are corrupt policemen out there on the streets. Its a shame but we have to deal with it.
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Police also go at least 80 on the freeway for no reason, ride your butt to make you speed up and then pull you over for a ticket (happened to my cousin), use their siren JUST to get through a red light, hold people in their car for an extra hour to make curfew breakers seem more irresponsible and horrible to their parents, lie about speed when pulling someone over and shop, eat, and go home to watch TV while they are on the clock.

They make me sick.
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A police officer cannot lie on the witness stand. However, just like a regular citizen, you have to PROVE that they are lying -- and that is not easy to do. Unfortunately, "he said - she said" is not proof of lying.
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There are all kinds of police officers out there. Some will lie, some won't. None are supposed to, but it is unlikely that they are going to break the "blue code of silence."
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Anyone can lie.  Yes, a police officer can lie on the stand.  However, if they get caught in a lie, they discredit themselves for the rest of their career.  Also, they can be punished within the department, up to and including firing.  To lie on the witness stand is just not worth it.

But there are bad cops out there who would chance it and lie.  Most would not.

Don't judge all by the actions of a few.
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What is a Police Officer?  Just like you and I, a police officer is born of a woman created by God and born into a world of sin.  I Use to hold Police Officers way up high on a pedestal.  In my mind a Police Officer could do no evil.  Than one day on a job I met someone who worked in the Police Department.  I started hanging out with off duty officers.  Oh the things I discovered. (Put no Human on a pedestal) Not Police Officers, not Judges, Lawyers,Doctors,Preacher, not even your Parents.

(But Please,  do give respect, because (who you gonna call when?)

So, CAN A POLICE OFFICER LIE AND GET AWAY WITH IT?)

Answer:   NOT A CHANCE, Not a Police Officer!
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