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MLeake · June 27, 2013, 04:34 PM

The flip-side of this, as Mas has been known to point out in print and in MAG-40, is that for LEO-involved shootings, it is normal for the officers to not be questioned for 24+ hours, and then only with a representative present.

This begs the question, why does it not imply some sort of guilt for the officers to wait to give statements until they have had time to get their nerves under control, and confer with reps?

Or the converse, why does it imply some sort of guilt for the rest of us?

June 27, 2013, 04:34 PM	#49
MLeake Senior Member Join Date: November 15, 2007 Location: Outside KC, MO Posts: 10,128	The flip-side of this, as Mas has been known to point out in print and in MAG-40, is that for LEO-involved shootings, it is normal for the officers to not be questioned for 24+ hours, and then only with a representative present. This begs the question, why does it not imply some sort of guilt for the officers to wait to give statements until they have had time to get their nerves under control, and confer with reps? Or the converse, why does it imply some sort of guilt for the rest of us?