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WCDT Strips 3311 - 3315 (Sept 19th - 24th)
gopher:
Police have two priorities in their job. The first is to survive their shift, hence their trigger-happiness. Secondly to arrest some-one, hence their aggressive lying/manipulation. Never engage with the police without your lawyer, they want to blame some-one, anyone, and are quite happy to fit you up.
Mr. Skawronska:
One of the most important parts of that video is when Professor Duane points out the Rules of Evidence: Any statement you make INCRIMINATING you is EVIDENCE (admissible in court). Any statement you make EXONERATING you is hearsay (not admissible).
And, as he says, that should be enough right there. If it isn't, well, that's why so many people talk themselves into being arrested -- because what they BELIEVE about the police and the justice system just isn't so.
And you can go right on believing what isn't so until you're the one in handcuffs. By then it will be too late.
brasca:
Surprised I didn't see an endless string of Law & Order AI Unit jokes yet.
While I think Corpse Witch is the most likely target I'm not entirely certain she's going to jail since she probably has lawyers and maybe even connections with the La Robo Nostra.
BenRG:
Prediction
This is going to be a long-term plot arc, I think. Nothing will happen in the immediate term except Detective Bot taking notes and saying "Hmm... Interesting" at the most innocuous things Faye says. However, long-term, there may be major and dramatic conseqeunces.
It wouldn't surprise me to learn Corpse Witch is doing a lot worse things than staging the fights. There is almost certainly unlicensed gambling. However, what if she's also supplying 'recreational' DLL files (the AI equivalent of drugs) or even extreme-humanform-chassis AIs to prostitution? The whole thing could go down in flames in a huge vice bust. Corpse Witch will probably end up doing hard time and there will likely be many repercussions amongst the cast (did one of the AI main cast report CW to the cops? It seems like something Momo would do or even Bubbles, due to her hatred of recreational violence and her "Hmmm..." moments).
I'm wondering if Faye, Bubbles, Punchbot and the others will find themselves out of a job and wondering what to do next. That's when May comes along to commiserate and Faye suddenly remembers her 'free robot clinic charity' idea.
[Edit]
Rereading this, I suddenly feel that Bubbles is the most likely candidate to have informed the police (probably anonymously), if she's decided that Corpse Witch is more malign than benign, based on her treatment of Faye. That may lead to some interesting tensions and conversations between the two of them.
hedgie:
--- Quote from: gopher on 19 Sep 2016, 02:57 ---Police have two priorities in their job. The first is to survive their shift, hence their trigger-happiness. Secondly to arrest some-one, hence their aggressive lying/manipulation. Never engage with the police without your lawyer, they want to blame some-one, anyone, and are quite happy to fit you up.
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In the US, maybe. My local police department actually called in UK cops to teach de-escalation and alternatives to violence. Then again, they need it. I actually had to report a pig for harassment for performing my job duties for the city.
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