On the other hand this is also why it's so important to be honest to your defense lawyer. In the US being found guilty has less to do with if you did something and more to do with whether or not what you did fits in line with your charges. You can technically be guilty but innocent of what you're being charged with.

Not to mention that your lawyer can’t repeat anything you say to them in private, unless it involves you committing or intending to commit a crime in the future.

The lawyer needs plausible deniability. He can be disbarred if he's caught lying to the court, but if it turns out the police officer lied to him. He's blameless in the deception.

The da isnt the cops lawyer. Wtf

The lawyer was dumb to say they "welcome any footage" to begin with. A good lawyer never assumes their client is telling the truth, and will do everything they can to not allow evidence that they have not yet vetted into the court.

Yep but we all know that rarely happens

Perfect world, prosecuted, fired, and pension revoked.

Police unions will organize and then collectively refuse to enforce the law... thats how they strangle hold entire communities. Im of the opinion the government should just fire them all and bring in a new batch... but others would just shrug.

If only

if a cop turns off their body cam they should automatically be charged and found guilty

TRUTH

Perjury is a felony. This show isn't realistic

@@FiftyStates5I’m also confused by the fact the other attorney never got to see the ATM camera evidence. That’s like old school lazy writing. There’s a legal process called discovery that many Lawyer Shows ignore.

It should be more than that. You took an oath and abused it. Life in prison

​@@shishcubobdude you're outta your fn mind for saying life in prison

Caught? Who's catching them?

@@user9267 we the people

@friendlyfire6168 No we aren't lol, didn't some politician literally JUST email nude photos of Biden's son in an attempt to slander Biden and nothing happened to her? Isn't she the same one that thinks there's a giant jewish space laser?

Cops lie more than politicians.

It’s a phase that sums up most cops.

Oh boy just wait till you see what landlords get away with in the legal system. Police may have a century or two and qualified immunity etc but landlords have millennia of it

The cop didn't lie in a court if law... The trial hadn't even begun. Did you just not watch the short at all?

He didn't, though that is abviously what would happen if it went to trial.

In theory the defendant could have sued the police but they cant what is not shown here is the defendant attorney was bluffing he didnt have footage from ATM. He didnt even know if there was footage.

My man this is a TV show

My doctor knows enough to have me commited to a mental hospital for the rest of my natural life 😂

​@@SethDenis😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Three. Your mother.

I have told my doctor outright illegal things. Can confirm. HIPAA holds VERY strong. (I never hurt anyone else. It was mostly drug related and self-afflicted. It was not an addiction. I have since stopped. Medical reasons, not moral. Hope that answers all questions.)

and priest

Oh frikkin shut it about qualified immunity. All that means that you cannot get charged for good faith execution of your duties. You want to make the justice system even more multi tiered than it is now? Make any investigating cops or DA susceptible to lawsuits from spiteful suspects. You think it is had to stop a wealthy criminal today? Just imagine if no one would investigate them for fear of being sued into to oblivion. And no it would do nothing about that case anyway. There are legal routes if one wants to pursue perjury charges or the like, it will just probably not be worth the time and cost. Ending qualified immunity is not only no a cure all, it a 'Created way more problems than it was worth' solution.

Listen as we speak violent criminals are being released on untenable levels. An experiment by progressive DA and mayors. You see the crime shorts. The looting where no one does anything. Now here we have this tv show with this very rare scenario and you need to keep that in mind. Not to mention...you're fkng A right cops deserve professional courtesy AND qualified immunity. These things came out long ago and for good reason by much smarter people than us. And they were real men. Not balless babies

Could you imagine that. They would rather cover their lies with another lie. Just imagine the things they would do just for their freedom.

Witness testimony is actually evidence

You should trust an officer’s statement above that of a regular person. Should also punish an officers false statement much harsher than a regular person’s.

@@thomasbryans6547if only man. Gotta start some time. Need people in positions to make these policies and make changes. We’ll get there.

Not saying the justice system doesn't have flaws, but name a better one. In some countries the police beat confessions out of people. In Japan they can hold you indefinitely until you confess. We have an excellent legal system.

Actually our legal system railroads people. The number of federal defendants opting for a trial has fallen 60% since 1998, because defendants who opt for a trial are punished by pushes for longer sentences and higher charges. Used to be plea bargaining was a way to let someone off with a slap on the wrist for the sake of convenience, now it’s the only way to guarantee a reasonable sentence

You voted for it. Monopoly of violence

@@mikolowiskamikolowiska4993 I didn't vote for it. I voted against it.

You’re buying into this garbage. It’s propaganda for criminals.

you realize this clip is from a TV show, right? This is not a real person you can charge with a crime. I mean, you can charge the actor I guess, but it doesn't seem fair.😂😂😂 seriously my guy, I'm gonna need you to go outside and play a little more

​@@bendees555wow, really? Amazing that you spotted that, good job. Though, that system they mentioned....is that in the show too? Are they possibly using this fictional event as an example of the flaws in the system, that perhaps this fictional show did things that also happens in reality? I know, its crazy, with all the aliens and car jumps and black people, movies seem like crazy fantasy land, but sometimes between all the cloning and flying cars, they do things that also really happen.

Lol imagine real life ,

It's a tv show.

He didn’t tamper with evidence and unbecoming actions of an officer is an internal department charge, not a criminal charge you can arrest for. 😂😂

Doesn't all evidence get sorted out in pretrial?

@@ghosty0612 If new evidence comes to light the defense or prosecution can present it. Typically though the judge and both attorneys would see the evidence and then the other side could allow the evidence or object. If they object then the judge has to decide if it should be allowed. The fact that the prosecution caved before even seeing the footage is pretty silly.

@@BretekV The prosecution didn't. Remember, the prosecutor welcomed the footage. Only when the cop himself revealed to the prosecutor that what he, the cop, originally claimed was wrong did the prosecution cave

@@labeebrashidee2745 It says so in the title. "The Lincoln Lawyer"

@zamie6951 maybe 2 or 3rd

That's very interesting to know. So technically, even a 'malfunctioning' body camera should encounter only gaps in the footage, correct? Would be great if they also captured error codes, and 'record' / 'pause' user interactions. With time stamps, of course. And time stamps where files are deleted or transferred to a computer Both the full videos and this additional information should be available for audit / as evidence. Camera 'malfunction'? Then you show the time stamped user action 'record', then the footage before the error/malfunction (time stamped: end) - the 'auto reboot' event (time stamped) - the 'resume recording after reboot' event - and the rest of the footage. If all is well, there should be no gaps in the timeline. Because these body cameras seem to 'malfunction' a lot at very convenient times... Question I've been thinking about: Do you know anything about battery life? (I have a Gopro myself - battery drains in about an hour.. I can't imagine that police officers are spending half the day switching out batteries...) -- Sidenote: I'm surprised the camera company hasn't sued for defamation yet, if these cameras are so robust.

Have you seen what cops have managed to get away with? Apparently lying not only does them good but its an easy way to never be held accountable for their actions

Why are there no punishments for lying, and most cases get closed by lying/preasuring the other party into a plea bargain. It is why in the US inly the poor get caught

The problem is that the system lets lying do a lot of good for them.

But why doesn't that invalidate special homosexual rights ? Who's next going to mexico ?

He did not have proof. He was bluffing.

To be fair, you don't need to. That alone tells you everything you need to know.

You're so easily coerced I'm putting everything on anti Trumper ...am I right? If you're a Dem voters...you'll def lie

Defense does not

Not if they only just got the new evidence and are showing it now

You'd be correct if it was a trial. But this was a preliminary hearing where that evidence is discussed.

They werent in trial yet. They were discussing plea bargains.

Preliminary... "Discovery" would follow.

IIRC there was no footage. I think he was bluffing.

He was bluffing.

All lives matter. Officer grunge did nothing wrong.

Ummm. You realize this is a movie?

​@@danielclontz4339ummm. You realize this is a show?

Qualified immunity does not extent to perjury. This cop would be in trouble for lying to the court irrespective of qualified immunity. Most people who don't know anything (about anything) and who get all their education from youtube probably don't really know what qualified immunity is, how it functions, or why it's required for police to do their job effectively. It's irrelevant to this situation, in any case. An officer isn't allowed to lie to the court. If he gets caught doing it, he'd face consequences for it just like anyone else.

​@@seraphinaaizen6278they really do scroll thru comments to learn something instead of researching the topic themselves. Then they hop on a hate train when other people start repeating the same nonsense.

​@@seraphinaaizen6278finally a fking good comment about that inmunity.

You new to the US justice system?..... Some ppl don't even get a day in court and because they are broke are thrown in jail to do menial labor for years

Only children think it was ever anything else

Well we have to remember this...like the media reporting about Trump for years ...is fantasy. It's a tv show.

Crooked cops on the states Re prolofic

So you mean a normal cop?

in the plot of the show i believe the footage is also a bluff, which is why he presents a still to prosacution and isnt going for a full innocent verdict.

​@@superhots1315the lincoln lawyer

Sounds like liberal garbage propaganda

Yes, am waiting for season 2!

get a life jeez

Seems pretty realistic to me. Innocent people get sent to jail, guilty people get set free, see Hunter Biden and the Marine who protected people on the subway.

Still better than better call Saul😂

@@samatkinson4331 I wouldn’t know. Never seen it.

Wats d name

What's the name of This show

Ah yes, because movies can't be derived from books. The show is excellent btw, stop whining

It was allowed because it was rebuttal evidence to officer granger saying his camera was not functioning.