this is actual testimony of a police officer being examing by a defense attorney in a criminal trial
Q: Officer, did you see my client [the defendant] 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 the 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, you find it necessary to lock your locker in a room you share with these 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
Q: Officer, did you see my client [the defendant] 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 the 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, you find it necessary to lock your locker in a room you share with these 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
