Todays cops have more than just a Public Relations problem. Because there are simply too many of them that have bullied, lied to, or assaulted so many innocent citizens, they have a very tainted reputation on the whole. Which of us has not experienced the Disney-esque pretext that cops issue profusely from their pieholes today. It is common knowledge among adults that cops are allowed to lie to a person--that they are allowed to intentionally commit a criminal act for which you and I would be prosecuted and convicted.
So, is any consent "informed" today if it is obtained verbally by a cop? What part about his/her "informing" can be assumed to be truthful? Isn't there a very legitimate and grounded argument that, because cops are known for being able to lie to us, that we should not--or, can not, assume that anything that comes out of their piehole is NOT a lie. In other words, who are we to be able to tell whether what a cop is telling us, in order to obtain our consent for something that would otherwise need a warrant, is the truth or is telling a lie.
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