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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:15 AM Original message |
Never, Ever, Ever Talk to the Cops!!!!! |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. Name, rank and serial number |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
2. Only ever say seven words to a cop |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
3. Not even to say "Fuck off"?... |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Not unless you want to be treated like shit! |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
54. Showing some respect for the badge goes a long way when dealing with police officers. It can make.. |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
52. Being impolite like that is only justifed if the officer uses profanity or threats, IMO. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
4. If you talk to them, you give them a chance to lie about what you really said. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. then why wouldn't they just lie about whether you talked or not? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. they could, but if you did actually talk to them, they get information they can use |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
53. I ageee and well said. It rarely pays to talk to a cop unless you know him or her. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #53 |
74. there is a harshness that possesses law enforcement now |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 01:21 AM Response to Reply #74 |
75. I agree. There has been a sea-change in the way many cops treat people these days. I hope one day |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. You got that right! |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
9. Foolish advice |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Good luck with that. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 09:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. No, but I have loads of practical experience in dealing with cops |
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sammythecat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
67. Yeah, but who am I to make that kind of judgment? |
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King Coal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
71. You must not have watched the video. |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. I know a whole buttload of lawyers who disagree with you. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
34. The advice to ask for your lawyer is *ABSOLUTELY SOUND*. |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
48. Exactly, no doubt where this advice originated....ATTORNEYS. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #48 |
60. Many of whom, like ACLU attorneys, work for free/cheap. (NT) |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
10. This is why most of them hate their dashboard cams. |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
42. Was told by my attorney that camcorder info often "disappears" if it shows the cop was lying. |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
11. And never let them search your car voluntarily. |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. I'll 2nd that. If you have a used car, there could be drugs in the car that you know nothing about.. |
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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
47. Also remember: EVEN IF they have a warrant |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #47 |
59. Thanks for this! n/t |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
13. +1 |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
14. But they taught us in school the cops were our friends! |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:18 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Officer Friendly died a long time ago. |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
44. I agree. We need to have more studies to insure that we know our rights. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
15. Excellent videos. |
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tnlurker (698 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
17. For later |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
18. that's the advice my lawyer gave me many moons ago...before he was shot and killed. |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
19. Regent University? |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
20. Regent Law School-isn't that Monica Goodlings alma mater? |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Yeah, and he jokes about her pleading the fifth at the Senate Hearings. |
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Gabi Hayes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
46. what.....she could read and write? |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
22. Very interesting. Thanks. |
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Hamlette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
23. when a cop pulls you over he asks "do you know why I pulled you over?" Don't even answer that! |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:23 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. That was specifically addressed in the video as well! |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. "Do you mean like, existentially?" |
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Psst_Im_Not_Here (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. "Thanks, and Dick Cheney is an asshole!" |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. it's a fine line....sometimes honesty does the trick and they let you go |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:44 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. I just live true & powerfully in the moment : "These are not the droids you want." |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #49 |
65. I actually did that once, after I heard about someone doing it. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 02:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
37. Say "well, I'm not black, so it can't be that!" |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
64. I answer "Is it because I fucked your mama in the rump?" |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
28. OT Dumping a story to get rid of it. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Sorry to hear that story. |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
38. Thankfully you and your children didn't get hurt and you learned a lesson about cops... |
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skypilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
29. kick |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
31. I used to live in a town where once I nearly had to mace an off duty cop to stop him from killing |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Nowadays when one of them is shot or killed the police look just like Nazi's in their SWAT uniforms. |
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Brewman_Jax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
32. Here's a story of a related nightmare... |
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reprehensor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
33. thankyouverymuch |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
40. Regent University? isn't that where monica goodling got her law "degree"?? n/t |
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Midwest_Doc (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #40 |
69. Must We Make EVERYTHING Political |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. in answer to your question: YES! |
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Truth4Justice (806 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
43. While I dont agree entirely, we all need to know that the police can lie legally, while we can be.. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:09 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Indeed. Martha Stewart would never have gone to prison if she had not talked to police. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-29-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
45. Multiply that advice 1000 times when talking to feds |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
51. If I had only known that a little while ago when we thought we |
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underseasurveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 02:56 AM Response to Original message |
55. Ya know I got in some big trouble years ago |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 03:06 AM Response to Original message |
56. Great advise and decent lecture, thanks. |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
57. Great videos! |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
58. I learned this the hard way. |
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Z_I_Peevey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Yes, and they are good at what they do. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 12:32 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. You gotta pretend it's a game, because it essentially is. |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
62. "Can I search your car?" |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
63. Thank you for posting. Though it might be inconvenient for things like traffic stops |
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sammythecat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
68. Thanks for this. Very enlightening. n/t |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
70. Kick |
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pipoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-30-08 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
73. Good post |
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Liberal In Texas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
76. Good adivce. Everyone should watch both video clips. n/t |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-31-08 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
77. Once you are detained... |
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