But TIA - That's the one item of circumstantial evidence Craig denied and wouldn't back down on. A cop can tell four truths about trivial items, and then lie, or misinterpret, or simply be wrong about a fifth. Perhaps he sees it as an "embelishment" to distinguish from a lie so that his case against the perv perp doesn't sound as preposterous as it otherwise would.

Believe it or not, as disgusting as it sounds, I HAVE picked paper off the floor, either becuase I dropped it or because it looked clean enough for me to act as a good citizen.

A very similar incident happened to me last month. I sufered a smoking relax, and had a smoke behind (a men's restroom!!!) in a city park, when it had, in the tme since I'd quit, become illegal. I knew that, but forgot. I dropped my cigarette on the ground next to hundreds of others. Then I went to the car to get a water bottle for my kid. When the cop came up to me at the trunk, retrieving a bottle, I was glad to see him and gave him a friendly hello, wondering what he wanted assistance with. After mentioning the law I broke, I apologized, said I had forgotten the law, and offered my license for the ticket. For the next twenty minutes, without writing the ticket, he called me "disrespectful" what a coincidence for admitting to everything he said EXCEPT that I had seen him coming and was fleeing the scene of a cigarette smoking incident... It just went on and on - taunts, insults, and allegations that I was "disrespectful" as I continuously apologized for every item except being a fleeing misdeamenorite. He said that he didn't believe my apologies were sincere.

After twenty minutes he never wrote me a ticket. He just continued to berate and taunt me for being a liar. I was ready to take the pen and write it myself so my kid could get her water.

The entire time I was very careful, because I knew that he could write whatever he wanted to about my attitude, demeanor, statements, or conduct.

As to Craig, I agree with what WYSIWYG said immediately above and with you when you said: "It's all politics. No honesty to be found."