I am very much interested in the psychology (for a better word) of lying because of what began in 2009. For the first time in my life a person, a sheriff's deputy, fabricated a story consisting of several lies, against me and my husband. His story made me a villain and him a victim of me. He also claimed that my husband assisted him in arresting me...after he pepper-sprayed the both of us, point blank. There was never any investigation, the deputy's written statement was simply accepted as the truth.
It's like he created several immaterial "facts" that he knew we would deny, just so it would make him seem to hold all the truth. I'd like to find out if this is common with liars. We have plenty of documented reasons to believe that the responding deputy (sergeant) assisted him in fabricating his story, but the sheriff protects his boys. That deputy gave the local newspaper reporter "facts" for a front-page article. My husband and I walked into the newspaper office the next morning and he asked the reporter why he was never mentioned in the article, and she said that she was never told that he was even there. It was all targeted at me from the start.
He had plenty of motive to lie about what actually happened, he had been convicted of killing an innocent man, walking near, but not within the lines a state route, 5 years earlier. In other words, he negligently ran off the road. He intentionally took his eyes off the road to reach for a can of tobacco on the passenger side floorboard. He was employed by a juvenile detention center and got off with no arrest, no time behind bars, and plea bargained to a misdemeanor of vehicular manslaughter (vs. homicide) and only 5 years of non-reporting probation. He didn't even have to pay the family for the man's funeral. It's appalling. People get more for killing an animal. And the man's life and death was completely erased by the court 10 years later for the benefit of the deputy (except for those of us who acquired copies of court records and patrol reports before that.)
He was being paid by a private company at the time, and he said he was hired "because she was yelling".
I had filed a civil complaint against that company for unlawfully (and completely) blocking the public road and our driveway without a road work permit a month earlier, that was pending a hearing. After this, the county officials testified that the private company not only did not possess a road work permit, but there wasn't even an application. And the sheriff hired him out along with a couple other deputies for 3 days, along with cruisers, and that's unlawful in Ohio, the cruiser part includes penalties of imprisonment for unofficial use. But there's no one above the sheriff, so he does what he wants. The commissioners even deposited $10/hour for use of the cruisers unlawfully solicited by the sheriff.
Can anyone here point me to some good resources regarding the psychology of liars, even better if there's something out there specifically relating to those in law enforcement?
I have new evidence regarding his "credibility" that I intend to file in the case.
I'd like to find a computer animator to hire, so that I can have visuals to submit along with the text of his different versions of his story (that I have from his own testimony in ultimately settled federal court proceedings years later). Does anyone here do this kind of thing or know anyone who does? The advertised pros online don't even respond to inquiries.
What would be the most effective way to upload and document (and maintain) my hundreds of pages of testimony and photos, so that I can provide links for anyone who is interested? A particular free web hosting service or can this be done on a blog?
I already have many of his contradictions typed out with the transcripts page/line numbers referenced, which is part of what I would file in court.
I need to nail his "credibility" to the wall for good and force him out of "law enforcement" for the sake of others. I've heard too many stories since this happened, it's so not just about me and all of my constitutional rights that have been stripped from me. I'm not anti cops, just anti corrupt cops. My brother is a LEO in a big city and he moved into traffic accidents investigation early on. He told me that he knows there is corruption within, but he's in a job where he doesn't directly have to deal with it.