If a kid started a fight with me and an adult told an officer I started, I will be blamed right?

Question

I'm only saying this because I know officers will usually agree with an adult and not a teen. So if I get blamed even though I didn't start it, is it possible for a officer to believe my honesty.

Answer 1

Who started the fight is usually not important. If you had the opportunity to walk away and didn't, you still can be charged.

Answer 2

Any other witnesses? That would help.

Answer 3

It's possible.

Answer 4

I dont think they charge for the one who gets "blamed" but who does more damage.. say he started it and you broke his jaw, I think it's your fault, but I'm not sure.. I saw an answer from someone with law experience, so they'd know best, but I;m sure the cop would listen to the adult, not some "kid-teenager"... teenagers have a bad rap with cops..

Answer 5

IT DEPENDS, if the kid started with a fight with an adult, the officers will initiate a thorough investigation of the real problem not necessarily siding with the adult or the kid at first. THE FIRST QUESTION IS- who started it. You say the KID started it. But if the adult who is much more matured indulge to fight a kid then the officer will blame the adult naturally. HOW CAN ONE FIGHT A KID he is just a kid who cannot think right or have no enough maturity therefore the ADULT should be blame for it not necessarily the kid. WHY BLAME THE KID?

IF AN ADULT fight it out with let say a 10 year older or 13 year older the adult in these case is ACTING LIKE A 10 or 13 year older. THE ADULT SHOULD ACT HIS AGE don't you think? If the adult is 26 or older he should act like a 26 year older not 10 year old. THAT IS MY POINT HERE.

Answer 6

Police officers are a lot smarter than we tend to believe, they can read people, they know what to look for when a person is lying. But "blame" is not reallt the issue here. I could blame people all day long for anything and everything, nor is belief always important, like 'Trooper' said, if you have an oppurtunity to leave and avoid the situation but don't.... you are typically just as responsible as the one who initiates it.

"he hit me so I hit him back"... not a good excuse in the eye of the law. Now, "if he attacked me and wouldn't let me go, so I hit him back"... thats an understandable and reasonable arguement. it's self defense. But to just punch back after a person struck you and, say walked away or didn't attempt to hit you again, that is not self defense. that is retaliation.