The following article came to me recently and I contended that I should pass it on. It has been slightly edited and a conclusion added.

 

Subject: Cross-Examining A Policeman

"If you ever testified in court, you might wish you could have been as sharp as this Cop. 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 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 we think he'll probably win!

 

Plainly, don't get short changed. Let's be ready to meet our Maker. See the Bible (in Acts) to avoid hell and gain heaven!

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