Monday, October 4, 2010  Jurors in Phoenix Believe Cops Always
Tell the Truth  This falls into the "You have to see this to
believe it" category. Potential jurors in (Where else?) Maricopa
County, Arizona, are asked whether or not they would believe a
police officer when he testified on the stand. The answers are
unbelievable.  For example, one person declares that, of course,
the police always are truthful because "that is how I was
raised." Others pretty much follow suit. Thus, the very people
who coined the term "testilying" to describe what they really do
are seen as the Very Fount of Truth.  Some of the answers will
floor anyone with even a smidgen of intelligence. For example,
one persons declares: "Well, they're trained to be law-abiding
servants. I don't think they'd be out there lying, would you?"
Another speaks about having been brought up always to believe
the police, and yet another says something similar.  Another
declares: "They're public servants. They're here to serve and
protect. Why would th