one would remember, if it was an unusual extraordinary moment, but if one does this all the time, the human brain will only remember that this is a thing one does in general.
Prosecutor “So, is your lack of memory just because you do this so often that it has become a sort of muscle memory?”
Which is weird, since the body can video of her literally pouring out liquor says otherwise.
Well you know, human memory is fallible and all that. Good thing we have this helpful footage to clear things up! I’m sure she’ll be relieved when it’s entered into the record at trial; as an officer of the law, getting to the facts of the matter is her highest priority, right?
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… That’s her highest priority, right?
Do you mean, ‘I don’t remember’ like ‘I do that kinda shit so often I literally don’t remember that incident specifically’?
It’s so funny too because cops will come into court 6 months and 800 traffic stops after giving you a ticket and claim to perfectly recall everything that happened during the stop just as long as it all contradicts your defense. The worst part is that judges usually take their testimony as gospel and irrefutable facts while your own testimony isn’t seen as truthful because “you’re just trying to get out of a ticket.”