Yeah, they really aren’t your friends when it comes to a defensive shooting. A lot of people have been sent to jail for otherwise justified shootings because they said the wrong thing (in error, in excitement, under stress, etc., or worse tried to correct an erroneous statement) to officers on the scene and that was enough to get them charged and convicted.
The two things to remember if you have to shoot someone is to say as little as possible on the phone (where you are being recorded) until the cops physically arrive. At which point, you tell the officers that you do not feel well and need medical attention, and that since you do not feel well you will not make a statement without a lawyer. Then stick to that - take the ambulance ride and call your lawyer.
Honest cops these days tell people that refusing to speak without a lawyer is not indicative of guilt as it was considered in the Prime Boomer Era and before. These days it is indicative that the person isn’t an idiot and doesn’t want to be hit with a process charge or similar when they didn’t do anything wrong.
“Honest cops these days tell people that refusing to speak without a lawyer is not indicative of guilt as it was considered in the Prime Boomer Era and before. These days it is indicative that the person isn’t an idiot and doesn’t want to be hit with a process charge or similar when they didn’t do anything wrong.”
I feel that if anyone, and I mean anyone, who would voluntarily answer the questions or make statements to the police, in these corrupt times, should have a good case for insanity.
They can get you for the slightest erroneous statement for, ‘lying to the police,’ even if you simply remembered something not exactly the way that they think that you ‘should have’ remembered it.
If you choose to tell the truth then you open yourself to the wrath of the police. It is a no-win situation for anyone to answer their questions.