After a car-crash video, one loaded question can rewrite what a witness remembers.
In a 1974 study, Elizabeth Loftus showed people the same collision, then changed one verb: "smashed" versus "hit." "Smashed" pushed speed estimates higher, and a week later it planted memories of broken glass that was never in the film.
Memory isn't a tape; it's rewritten when you recall it. That's why careful interviews use neutral words — before the question becomes part of the crime.