• willsenior@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    If I’m ever on a jury for a case that relies on police testimony as its lynchpin, I’ll hang it single handedly if I have to. Show me some evidence.

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      10 months ago

      Yep. Police testimony without video corroboration carries no weight for me. Fight me. (not you personally)

      Edit: Removed the word “hearsay” because I was using it wrong.

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        10 months ago

        I’ll fight, police testimony without video corroboration isn’t hearsay, it’s perjury until proven otherwise!

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        10 months ago

        Yep. Police testimony without video corroboration is hearsay. Fight me. (not you personally)

        IIRC technically the video would be more likely to be hearsay than the cop testifying.

        Hearsay is an out-of-court statement which is being offered in court to prove the truth of the matter asserted.

        Video and audio recordings are sometimes hearsay evidence by definition, statements made outside the court. But there are lots of exceptions to the hearsay rule and often recordings are admissible.

        Note, I am not a lawyer and am basing most of this on LegalEagle videos like this oneand some reading I’ve done on the subject.