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June 11, 2005
The cop's testimony
If you have ever testified in court, you may wish you could have been as sharp as this cop was. A defense attorney was cross examining this officer during a felony trial:
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 that 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, that you find it necessary to lock your locker in a room you share with those same officers?
A. You see, sir, we share the building with the entire court complex and lawyers sometimes walk through that room.
With that, the courtroom erupted in laughter and a recess was promptly called.
(From Dave.)
Posted by joke du jour at June 11, 2005 07:20 AM
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