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    From Mark Shaw@mshaw@panix.com to alt.folklore.urban on Sat Jun 15 02:43:53 2024
    From Newsgroup: alt.folklore.urban

    "Cops can't lie if you ask them whether they're cops."

    Idle conversation with a liquor-store clerk about TABC [1] inspections
    and what they can and can't do. I don't recall anything about the
    supposed restrictions on TABC agents, but then he said "It's just
    like cops - if you ask them whether they're cops, they have to say
    'yes'".

    [1] Texas Alcohol Board of Control

    I haven't seen or heard that one in a while.
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  • From drew@drew@furrfu.invalid (Drew Lawson) to alt.folklore.urban on Sat Jun 15 20:37:42 2024
    From Newsgroup: alt.folklore.urban

    In article <v4iv59$pe8$1@reader1.panix.com>
    Mark Shaw <mshaw@panix.com> writes:
    "Cops can't lie if you ask them whether they're cops."

    Idle conversation with a liquor-store clerk about TABC [1] inspections
    and what they can and can't do. I don't recall anything about the
    supposed restrictions on TABC agents, but then he said "It's just
    like cops - if you ask them whether they're cops, they have to say
    'yes'".

    [1] Texas Alcohol Board of Control

    I haven't seen or heard that one in a while.

    You might start hearing it more. There are efforts (and I believe
    some laws) to stop cops from lying to people when questioning them.
    This obviously does not apply to undercover situations. But I
    wouldn't be surprised if the details get scrambled.

    Source: YouTuber Steve Lehto / "Lehto's Law"

    Drew "innocent" Lawson
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  • From Don Freeman@Don@cosmoslair.com to alt.folklore.urban on Tue Jun 18 13:08:26 2024
    From Newsgroup: alt.folklore.urban

    On 6/14/2024 8:43 PM, Mark Shaw wrote:
    "Cops can't lie if you ask them whether they're cops."

    Idle conversation with a liquor-store clerk about TABC [1] inspections
    and what they can and can't do. I don't recall anything about the
    supposed restrictions on TABC agents, but then he said "It's just
    like cops - if you ask them whether they're cops, they have to say
    'yes'".

    [1] Texas Alcohol Board of Control

    I haven't seen or heard that one in a while.


    Cops love this one trick.
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