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This is not a joke but a true account. I know it sounds like a joke but the punch int eh punchline is quite telling.
If you ever testified in court, you might wish you could have been as sharp as this Cop was. A defense attorney was cross-examining a police officer during a felony trial - it went like this:
Q. Officer, did you see my client fleeing the scene?
A. No sir, but I subsequently observed a person
matching the description of the offender running
several blocks away.
Q. Officer, who provided this description?
A. The officer who responded to the scene.
Q. A fellow officer provided the description of this
so-called offender. Do you trust your fellow officers?
A. Yes sir, with my life.
Q. With your life? Let me ask you this then officer,
do you have a room where you change your clothes in
preparation for your daily duties?
A. Yes sir, we do.
Q. And do you have a locker in that room?
A. Yes sir, I do.
Q. And do you have a lock on your locker?
A. Yes sir.
Q. Now why is it, officer, if you trust your fellow
officers with your life, that you find it necessary to
lock your locker in a room you share with those same
officers?
A. You see sir, we share the building with the entire
court complex, and sometimes lawyers have been known
to walk through that room.
With that, the courtroom erupted in laughter, and a
prompt recess was called. The officer on the stand
has been nominated for this year's best comeback line
and I think he'll win.
If you ever testified in court, you might wish you could have been as sharp as this Cop was. A defense attorney was cross-examining a police officer during a felony trial - it went like this:
Q. Officer, did you see my client fleeing the scene?
A. No sir, but I subsequently observed a person
matching the description of the offender running
several blocks away.
Q. Officer, who provided this description?
A. The officer who responded to the scene.
Q. A fellow officer provided the description of this
so-called offender. Do you trust your fellow officers?
A. Yes sir, with my life.
Q. With your life? Let me ask you this then officer,
do you have a room where you change your clothes in
preparation for your daily duties?
A. Yes sir, we do.
Q. And do you have a locker in that room?
A. Yes sir, I do.
Q. And do you have a lock on your locker?
A. Yes sir.
Q. Now why is it, officer, if you trust your fellow
officers with your life, that you find it necessary to
lock your locker in a room you share with those same
officers?
A. You see sir, we share the building with the entire
court complex, and sometimes lawyers have been known
to walk through that room.
With that, the courtroom erupted in laughter, and a
prompt recess was called. The officer on the stand
has been nominated for this year's best comeback line
and I think he'll win.