I hate to admit it as much as the next guy but it can and will teach you to get out of sticky situations. It literally just saved my balls. If you are hitting the streets at all in the USA you should be familiar with terminology like "terry stops". Seriously. Watch some cop watch content.

  • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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    9 months ago

    Nothing is stopping cops from lying about you being detained and whatever else. Nothing but paperwork and laziness. It’s rare for someone to truly disappear into prison or jail without anyone or the media noticing. Usually when you’re disappeared by a cop, you’re dead, not inside of prison under false pretenses.

    Basically what I’m trying to say is that

    1. You will be killed
    2. You will be wrongfully imprisoned but people will know
    3. The cops are annoyed and let you out because you didn’t break any laws and they don’t want to do parallel investigations

    I don’t know the statistics, but I imagine a good chunk of number 2 is from people who are scared of the police interrogation tactics and don’t know their rights. Or they think they can outwit a dumb cop.

    Basically basically… if arrested and charged, ask for a lawyer, keep mouth shut. If not arrested, leave. Do not negotiate or plea or do anything without any attorney and contract present

    • Dickey_Butts [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      8 months ago

      There is nothing stopping a prole in learning and speaking the same way a lawyer does, the same way there is nothing stopping them from reading Lenin and following his advice.

      • RyanGosling [none/use name]
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        8 months ago

        I’m not sure what your point is here. OP asked if cops can make things up to hold you, I said perhaps. A worker learning to talk like a lawyer or reading Lenin is irrelevant when you’re arrested.

        Speaking like a lawyer =/= being a lawyer. Unless you somehow have read decades worth of law, cases, and understand when to talk and when not to talk, just ask for a lawyer and spare yourself prison time.