Your attorney friend is an idiot.
I don't use terms like that on my friends.
What is most disturbing is that this is the mindset of the legal profession there. When you go into a courtroom, this is how some of the think -- and most of the rest hold some other bizarre extreme beliefs. These convictions are rabid enough to cast doubt on the ability of these people to hold them separate from professional objectivity. I hold that that sentiments like these in the legal profession compell malpractice.
I could tell you some doozies I've heard from deputies ("you're under arrest, you don't have any rights," "I haven't begun to hurt you, yet"), assistant state's attorneys ("we're prosecuting you because we don't like your attitude"). I could tell of the time I was working in my office one evening with my then fiance and we were used as SWAT practice -- eight or nine deputies, three or more drawn revolvers, one large German Shepherd held about 6 inches from my face, and no apology. When the complaint was filed, the investigator relpied, "the officers said it never happened."
These are the stories of one man. Imagine what it would sound like if everyone talked?