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Yes. Police are allowed to lie during interviews/interrogations [2]. However, they are not allowed to lie during trial. Those in the US have the right to remai

Yes. Police are allowed to lie during interviews/interrogations [2]. However, they are not allowed to lie during trial. Those in the US have the right to remain silent, and the right to an attorney. After invoking either or both of those rights, the interrogation must stop [1]. The only limit to deception during interrogation that I am aware of is that some states limit police from lying to minors [2]. [1] https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/questioning-after-claiming-miranda.html#:~:text=Sometimes%20police%20can%20continue%20to,police%20must%20stop%20the%20interrogation https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/questioning-after-cl.... [2] https://www.teenvogue.com/story/police-deception-interrogation-youth https://www.teenvogue.com/story/police-deception-interrogati...

weaksauce 3y ago
> However, they are not allowed to lie during trial. outright lie? no. but that doesn't matter when it's just your word against theirs and they have some outsized influence in the community as a savior figure.
pfannkuchen 3y ago
And lawyers can lie all they want, right? Wonder if there was an argument in the 1700s where one guy was really insisting that right to remain silent made ability to lie redundant and it’s more elegant to just not have it.
- dmoy 3y ago
  You can find a lot of background on e.g. the bill of rights from prior versions, the federalist papers, etc. It can give a lot of insight on the various amendments. That one though... I'm unaware of.
- bryanrasmussen 3y ago
  Lawyers are generally not allowed to lie during trial either thus the career generally is considered good for people who can mislead or manipulate without actually lying.
dragonwriter 3y ago
> However, they are not allowed to lie during trial. They do it all the time, and get away with it, and if they are caught, while they could in principal face severe sanction, the most that usually happens is that anyone convicted on the basis of the lies they were caught in, after some bureaucractic delay, gets any unserved portion of thwir sentence avoided and gets fornally cleared, personal consequences for the lying cop are rare.

weaksauce 3y ago

> However, they are not allowed to lie during trial. outright lie? no. but that doesn't matter when it's just your word against theirs and they have some outsized influence in the community as a savior figure.

pfannkuchen 3y ago

And lawyers can lie all they want, right? Wonder if there was an argument in the 1700s where one guy was really insisting that right to remain silent made ability to lie redundant and it’s more elegant to just not have it.

dmoy 3y ago
You can find a lot of background on e.g. the bill of rights from prior versions, the federalist papers, etc. It can give a lot of insight on the various amendments. That one though... I'm unaware of.
bryanrasmussen 3y ago
Lawyers are generally not allowed to lie during trial either thus the career generally is considered good for people who can mislead or manipulate without actually lying.

dragonwriter 3y ago

> However, they are not allowed to lie during trial. They do it all the time, and get away with it, and if they are caught, while they could in principal face severe sanction, the most that usually happens is that anyone convicted on the basis of the lies they were caught in, after some bureaucractic delay, gets any unserved portion of thwir sentence avoided and gets fornally cleared, personal consequences for the lying cop are rare.