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When the detective says "I've got that (that = doorbell camera quality footage) on my phone right now of you taking that package." This is clearly a police off
by CrimsonCape 1y ago
When the detective says "I've got that (that = doorbell camera quality footage) on my phone right now of you taking that package."
This is clearly a police officer saying that she is a thief and felon. Isn't this slanderous/defamatory? The trial had not even occurred to prove guilt.
Does she have grounds to sue the police department for defamation?
- iAMkenough 1y agoIntentionality matters in defamation cases. She could spend thousands of dollars to sue the department for defamation, but she would have to prove without a shadow of a doubt "the speaker had a reckless disregard for the truth" when making the harmful statement, and then prove damages resulting directly from the statement. The police department would then use her and her neighbors tax dollars to argue the officer followed procedure and did not intentionally lie with an intent to harm her reputation. A jury would then determine if the police department fabricated the investigation or piece of evidence just so they could intentionally slander and ruin this woman's reputation.
- duskwuff 1y ago> Does she have grounds to sue the police department for defamation? No. Defamation is an injury to a person's reputation. For that injury to occur, a third party has to hear (and believe) the derogatory statement - if there's no one else to hear that statement, it's not defamatory.
- pavel_lishin 1y agoPolice are allowed to lie during interrogations in every state in America: - https://innocenceproject.org/news/police-deception-lying-interrogations-youth-teenagers/ https://innocenceproject.org/news/police-deception-lying-int... - https://www.npr.org/2024/10/21/nx-s1-4974964/police-deception-bans https://www.npr.org/2024/10/21/nx-s1-4974964/police-deceptio...