The defendant is on their best behavior in a courtroom. It’s a completely different world outside of court.
On the streets some guys don’t respond well to “yes sir…please thank you” and will only listen to the officer after getting told to sit on the fucking ground or I’m going to put my hands on you”.
More specifically for DA’s but in general, I understand that it’s easy for you to read my report while sitting in a nice comfy office chair in a quiet office during normal business hours and wonder why I didn’t ask a specific question or whatever.
I, on the other hand, am making decisions on the fly, in cold, rain, or heat, wearing 30 extra pounds of stuff, and wondering if little Johnny with the warrant is going to try and hurt or kill me. Things happen. I do the best I can, but unfortunately, when you’re on a call on the side of the road or wherever, it’s not always as easy as it may seem.
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Cops do cop stuff. Lawyers do lawyer stuff.
The defendant is on their best behavior in a courtroom. It’s a completely different world outside of court.
On the streets some guys don’t respond well to “yes sir…please thank you” and will only listen to the officer after getting told to sit on the fucking ground or I’m going to put my hands on you”.
More specifically for DA’s but in general, I understand that it’s easy for you to read my report while sitting in a nice comfy office chair in a quiet office during normal business hours and wonder why I didn’t ask a specific question or whatever.
I, on the other hand, am making decisions on the fly, in cold, rain, or heat, wearing 30 extra pounds of stuff, and wondering if little Johnny with the warrant is going to try and hurt or kill me. Things happen. I do the best I can, but unfortunately, when you’re on a call on the side of the road or wherever, it’s not always as easy as it may seem.