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You shouldn’t be disrespectful to people who can fuck up your life (well you shouldn’t be disrespectful to most people, but especially not when they have power over you). You can assert your rights without being hostile. Just be nice, say: “I invoke my 5th amendment right to silence, and I would like to contact an attorney.” No need for “bitch” or “pig” or anything similar. I’m personally not a fan of law enforcement, in fact I resent them, but I aint gonna flip them off when I see them.
Edit: When I say “disrespectful” I meant more like “provocative”. Don’t try to provoke a hostile reaction. I know it sucks to be nice to cops, but sometimes you just gotta hold in the anger, just to live to fight another day.
I think you may have intended your comment as a top-level one rather than a reply to mine. But in case there’s any confusion, there isn’t a single thing about my comment above that suggests anyone should be “disrespectful” to police or anyone else.
Nor was disrespect at issue in article I linked. A guy demanded an attorney, as he was permitted to do under the US Constitution; he was denied that right; and a Louisiana Supreme Court justice articulated a frivolous reason for excusing that denial. Even if he had been disrespectful (and there’s no indication he was), that should not be acceptable.
Some hypothetical about individual disrespect has no bearing on a systemic abuse like that. Which is why I assume you didn’t mean your comment as a reply to mine.
Comment OP meant it more like “dawg” like “Yo dawg, wassap?” But made a joke about “lawyer, dawg” and “lawyer dog”. :)
