The show “COPS” was very instructive. Millions of people learned to just lie to authorities. The cops would pull someone over, and they would claim to not know their name, whose car it is, whose drugs these are, etc.
“The show “COPS” was very instructive. Millions of people learned to just lie to authorities.”
I don’t think they learned to lie from COPS. I think it is just part of their nature as criminals. COPS just showed the rest of us. You see the guy doing something illegal and then hear is heartfelt explanation of how he didn’t do anything wrong, or the other guy hit him first, etc. . Who are you going to believe, him or your lying eyes? Thing is, they lie so quickly and so convincingly that you begin to doubt. I think that’s one reason cops tend to be cynical.