Not sure what that means.
However, I do know I could place either one of my teen girls here, they'd read that statement about "Have lies ever been used to convict anyone", and they'd go "WELL, DUHHH!"
So, I consider that to be a pretty stupid and obvious statement.
I know he's most likely just trying to spur topics, but still - I can't think of anything
more obvious. Cops lie. They cheat, use voluminous law that no reasonable person could ever expect to know to tangle people up in impossible loopholes, thereby giving them reasons to violate a persons right to live peaceably, and like a skeleton key, that opens all locks of privacy like an open book. Once a person is hooked into the "system" every detail is another hurdle to bury them deeper and keep them chained to the mechanics of the system.
Example, if you're on probation, for any reason, you are living at the whims of the probation officer. Even if the charge is unrelated, you can't drink, use recreational drugs, carry weapons, enter certain establishments, or get into any further (unrelated) trouble, or your probation will be revoked.
If the P.O. is friendly, you may escape most inconveniences. If he is not, he may look for reasons to make your life a living hell, and try to get you violated for his own private reasons.
I've heard of people living in shared living conditions, apartments and so-forth, who got yanked around because there were beer cans in the recycling bin, with no real proof who they actually belong to.
They can enter and search for incriminating evidence, disrupt your worklife, damaging your credibility as a valued employee - yet you are expected to retain employment.
People who know you are on probation can call in anonymous tips to settle a grudge, thereby bypassing your "right" to know your accuser.
The list goes on. There are hundreds of details they can use to cause you unnecessary problems.
They can justify unnecessary force by simply saying they had reason to suspect the citizen was about to behave dangerously.
People are violently assaulted every day because they don't know how to react to commands, having never experienced that kind of situation before, when the officers are trained, experienced, and fully armed in no reasonable danger whatsoever. This results in "resisting arrest", when in reality the citizen was just reacting out of fear of his personal safety.
I don't know if this person has been living under a rock for his whole life, but reading a single newspaper or watching one edition of news, or the fictional heroism drama television would answer this question to the satisfaction of any logical person above the age of ten.
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