{"id":6041,"date":"2011-09-20T22:42:31","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T22:25:47","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-20T22:25:47","slug":"en-US","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=6041","title":{"rendered":"The Nation: &#8220;When Cops Lie: A Report From Los Angeles&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Nation: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/blog\/163479\/when-cops-lie-report-los-angeles\">When Cops Lie: A Report From Los Angeles<\/a> by Jon Wiener:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Cops lie. Under oath, on the witness stand. \u201cI saw him reach for a gun.\u201d \u201cI found the drugs in his pocket.\u201d But what happens when juries refuse to believe their testimony? Do cops ever get in trouble for fabricating evidence or lying under oath? Do they ever get charged with perjury?<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Times in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-sheriff-credibility-20110919,0,5809776.story\">page-one story<\/a> today named three LA sheriff\u2019s deputies who jurors in a case in Compton, California, said had told \u201cone lie after another\u201d under oath. They said authorities should investigate the three.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The LAT linked story: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-sheriff-credibility-20110919,0,5809776.story\">Jurors question deputies&#8217; testimony<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When Compton jurors recently deliberated the fate of a man charged with possessing a concealed firearm, they thought the evidence was overwhelming \u2014 not that the man was guilty but that the Los Angeles County sheriff&#8217;s deputies who testified against him had lied.<\/p>\n<p>Jurors said a video of the arrest and inconsistent testimony from deputies left them no choice earlier this month but to vote for acquittal. The five jurors who spoke to The Times said authorities should investigate the deputies from the sheriff&#8217;s anti-gang-unit who were involved in the case.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These were not minor inconsistencies\u2026. These were outright fabrications,&#8221; said juror Ted Rhodes, 28, a construction project manager. &#8220;It&#8217;ll be an injustice \u2026 if someone isn&#8217;t held accountable.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>b2evALnk.b2WPAutP <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=6041\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"pingsdone","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}