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Don’t talk to the police, especially in an interrogation room. Ask for a lawyer. Say nothing else.

Say. Nothing. Else. Nothing.

The police are not there to help you. If you are in an interrogation room, that is because they have already decided that they are going to do everything possible and then some to pin some kind of crime – any kind of crime – on you. Even if you didn’t do it. Don’t try to explain yourself. Don’t try to “weasel out of” anything. Nothing you say to the police will help you, everything you say will be used against you.

Don’t talk to the police.

Don’t talk to the police.

Don’t talk to the police.

Don’t talk to the police.

Don’t talk to the police.

Don’t talk to the police.

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Technically, you should say that you’re invoking your right to an attorney, and your fifth amendment right to remain silent.

Courts have ruled that if you don’t explicitly say you’re invoking your fifth amendment rights, then they don’t apply and your silence can be used against you.

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Which is fucking crazy because the Supreme Court has also ruled that you don’t really need to have your Miranda Rights read to you.

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They still are required to read Miranda rights before interrogating or questioning you

EDIt: Only if you are in custody, see the response below.

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I was expecting the Pot Brothers At Law, but this is an excellent video I’d never seen before. It ought to be seen by everyone who’s ‘invited’ to a conversation with a cop.

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I love the Pot Brothers At Law.

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It’s Shut the Fuck Up Fridays!

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Teen Vogue has chosen to produce good journalism. Good on them. Sooner or later they will get the Pulitzer they deserve.

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It seems wacky and you’re probably joking, but Teen Vogue has solid news and political coverage. It’s in my news surf cycle, has been for years.

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I am not joking. They keep showing up with solid stuff.

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Truth. It always surprises me, but Teen Vogue rocks.

Fashion!
Celebrities!
What’s the best lip gloss?
What private equity does looks a lot like looting.

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Learn about the REID technique (police interrogation procedure in North America) guys. Important for everyone here to be educated on it.

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Regent Law Professor James Duane gives viewers startling reasons why they should always exercise their 5th Amendment rights when questioned by government officials.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE

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THE POLICE PROBLEM

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    The police problem is that police are policed by the police. Cops are accountable only to other cops, which is no accountability at all.

    99.9999% of police brutality, corruption, and misconduct is never investigated, never punished, never makes the news, so it’s not on this page.

    When cops are caught breaking the law, they’re investigated by other cops. Details are kept quiet, the officers’ names are withheld from public knowledge, and what info is eventually released is only what police choose to release — often nothing at all.

    When police are fired — which is all too rare — they leave with ‘law enforcement experience’ and can easily find work in another police department nearby. It’s called “Wandering Cops.”

    When police testify under oath, they lie so frequently that cops themselves have a joking term for it: “testilying.” Yet it’s almost unheard of for police to be punished or prosecuted for perjury.

    Cops can and do get away with lawlessness, because cops protect other cops. If they don’t, they aren’t cops for long.

    The legal doctrine of “qualified immunity” renders police officers invulnerable to lawsuits for almost anything they do. In practice, getting past ‘qualified immunity’ is so unlikely, it makes headlines when it happens.

    All this is a path to a police state.

    In a free society, police must always be under serious and skeptical public oversight, with non-cops and non-cronies in charge, issuing genuine punishment when warranted.

    Police who break the law must be prosecuted like anyone else, promptly fired if guilty, and barred from ever working in law-enforcement again.

    That’s the solution.

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Our definition of ‘cops’ is broad, and includes prison guards, probation officers, shitty DAs and judges, etc — anyone who has the authority to fuck over people’s lives, with minimal or no oversight.

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RULES

Real-life decorum is expected. Please don’t say things only a child or a jackass would say in person.

If you’re here to support the police, you’re trolling. Please exercise your right to remain silent.

Saying cops ANYONE should be killed lowers the IQ in any conversation. They’re about killing people; we’re not.

Please don’t dox or post calls for harassment, vigilantism, tar & feather attacks, etc.

Please also abide by the instance rules.

It you’ve been banned but don’t know why, check the moderator’s log. If you feel you didn’t deserve it, hey, I’m new at this and maybe you’re right. Send a cordial PM, for a second chance.

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The Civil Rights Lawyer

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Identity Project

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INFO

A demonstrator’s guide to understanding riot munitions

Adultification

Cops aren’t supposed to be smart

Don’t talk to the police.

Killings by law enforcement in Canada

Killings by law enforcement in the United Kingdom

Killings by law enforcement in the United States

Know your rights: Filming the police

Three words. 70 cases. The tragic history of ‘I can’t breathe’ (as of 2020)

Police aren’t primarily about helping you or solving crimes.

Police lie under oath, a lot

Police spin: An object lesson in Copspeak

Police unions and arbitrators keep abusive cops on the street

Shielded from Justice: Police Brutality and Accountability in the United States

So you wanna be a cop?

When the police knock on your door

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