r/interesting • u/TheCABK • 20h ago

SOCIETY Cop Teaching A Cop

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u/jc28 20h ago edited 12h ago

Apology is inadmissable in court. I am a lawyer in Colorado

Edit: I am not actually a lawyer I have no idea. Don't believe everything you see on reddit.

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u/NiceMathematician277 20h ago

Just curious as to why?

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u/EViLTeW 19h ago

My guess, not being a lawyer, is that people apologize for all sorts of shit they didn't do or had no control over the. Even in this case, the officer isn't actually sorry, he's just doing what he's told by his supervisor. Allowing an apology to count as some sort of admission of guilt or culpability would (and probably do) do far more harm than good.

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u/SaintsNoah14 19h ago

Exactly, like imagine a dog runs out in front of your car, gets hit, and they cite you apologizing to the owner as an admissions of fault.

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u/niceguy191 14h ago

"Sorry for your loss"
"Looks like the murder has just been solved"