Lady prosecutor keeps saying “Refresh your recollection” and it’s such an ugly thesaurus grab... Just say memory! “Refresh your recollection” doesn’t even feel good in the throat. What a pseud.
This sounds retarded, especially if you've heard it 20 times already, but this is because of the rules of evidence. You can't just introduce some written report someone wrote a few months or years ago as evidence itself, so you have to pretend that the witness is "refreshing their recollection" instead of just reading something back they wrote months ago and have no actual real memory of any more.
So as dumb as this prosecutor is, she's really just reciting legal magic words she has to recite to introduce something as evidence that would otherwise be prohibited.
I'm pointing out people are rightfully outraged when idiotic cops threaten peoples lives over their own mistakes.
And this may be true but if you're screaming and chimping out you may not get the satisfaction of seeing them in court getting fucked, because you're dead or in a coma. Do not do shit that has a high chance of you getting your ass kicked, smashed, murdered, shattered, whatever, with no benefit to yourself. On the street, the answer is "yes officer of course." Wait until court to fight them. That's somewhere you might win, instead of being a retard in need of facial reconstructive surgery.
you dont interact with cops a lot do you? even on "friendly" grounds.
My interactions with cops incidentally aren't even a humblebrag. I've had to deal with cops partly because of my own less than legal behavior, partly just randomly, partly because I've had jobs (that do not involve law) where I have just had shifts that overlapped, and on some occasions, just for purposes actually directly related to their job.
There is nothing magic about cops. They are not some weird, innately evil race, nor are they pure white knights. They are just people with a job that sometimes involves dealing out violence. Sometimes, people get hurt. Sometimes, people get killed. However, ACAB shit is for mental children angry at their dads.
I also reiterate the advice that caused some people to chimp out for no comprehensible reason. If you interact with a cop, be friendly. Be nice. You might just end up with a friend in a position to make things go a lot more smoothly if the shit ever hits the fan.
I am not sure how this is an even remotely controversial position.