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I remember an article he wrote a few years ago about carrying a Glock with the NY-1 trigger just because he could defend himself in court by asserting a standard. | |||
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This is true, but many people just can't think that way. Or maybe even more importantly, can't articulate it properly. That is why most lawyers advise people to say nothing. While you might be able to help yourself by talking, you may also bury yourself. We lawyers have all had clients whose attempts at legal self-help made their problems far worse. It is, in most lawyers' experience, riskier to talk to the police than to keep silent. The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | |||
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Yup. Silence can be interpreted. Stupidity tends to be self-explanatory. The motivations and skill of the 911 operator and the awareness of the caller are both variables that can't be broadly prescribed. I see the call Boss refers to earlier in the thread, but 911 recordings are just a medium for recording. You can say things that will play very badly for you, and it gets recorded just the same. I submit that there are certain portions of Amber Guyger's 911 call that will likely hurt her in court. For instance, she just shot Botham Jean dead (in his own apartment), but she makes the comment "I'm going to lose my job." You just opened fire on a guy, in his own apartment, and you're worried about losing your job? A prosecutor or plaintiff's attorney is going to be all over that. If it survives a 403 hearing, that's likely going to play badly for her in both civil and criminal trials. | |||
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