Don't Talk to the Police
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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. Download his article on the topic at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1998119. His best-selling book on the same subject, You Have the Right to Remain Innocent, can be found at https://www.amazon.com/You-Have-Right-Remain-Innocent/dp/1503933393

“I don’t answer questions. Am I being detained?”

  • dustyData@lemmy.worldEnglish
    39·
    1 year ago

    Law & Order as the number one authoritative source for interactions.

    When the SVU makes arrests, during interrogations: “You have to talk to us, cooperate and we can put up a good word with the district attorney. Confess now and we can work on a deal later. If you don’t cooperate with us we can’t help you.”

    The exact same cops the very second one of their victims is arrested by another department for an unrelated crime: “DON’T TALK TO THEM, DON’T ANSWER ANY QUESTION, ASK FOR A LAWYER, REJECT ANY OF THEIR DEALS!”

    • EatYouWell@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      You need to look up the exact verbiage for your state, because with some you have to say it correctly or they can use it against you in court.

      The best thing to say is, “I will not be answering any questions without an attorney present.” This should shut down any questioning immediately.

        • JudCrandall@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          9·
          1 year ago

          They will often keep trying. “OK, so you’ve requested a lawyer and we won’t be able to talk to you after this, we can’t help you at all. Are you sure you want to go to jail for life instead of just explaining what happened?” and then it becomes “subject changed his mind.” It’s harder than it sound sometimes, but you have to stick to it and not say a damn word.

  • BarqsHasBite@lemmy.caEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    I was just wondering about this presentation, specifically what he thinks about being able to record your interaction with a phone now (no he said she said). Still better to not say anything that can be used against you. Will watch again!

    • JudCrandall@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      15·
      1 year ago

      I’m not a lawyer and this is not legal advice, but I am 100% for recording ALL of your interactions with the police. Up until recently (2020) in my state the police were abusing an anti-wiretapping law to prevent citizens from recording them, but since then:

      This right was established in a case brought by ACLUM, Martin v. Rollins, 982 F.3d 813, 827 (1st Cir. 2020), which was consolidated with another case, Project Veritas Action Fund v. Rollins. There, the First Circuit said the Massachusetts Wiretap Statute’s criminalization of the secret recording of police officers in public spaces violated the First Amendment.

      You’re within your First Amendment rights to record police and your interactions, surreptitiously or not, at any time. State law cannot supersede the Constitution. You benefit because the police are often intentionally slow (see any number of articles posted here in this community) to release their own bodycam footage, and often go weeks if not months or years providing a false narrative to the public. Record it yourself.