As a chick married to an ex-cop, I say this all the time to people close to me, but it bears repeating here: No cop is your friend after youâve been detained.
Get rear ended by a drunk at a red light? That cop will direct traffic around your vehicle, document the accident, sure. Call animal control on your piece of shit neighbor? Youâve got a pretty good chance the officer who shows up helps out in a meaningful way.
But after youâve been arrested, when a police officer says, âJust be honest with me and Iâll do the same.â or the old âHelp me and Iâll help you.â Politely ask for a lawyer. Shake your head. Ignore them. Pretend youâre Hollywood royalty being asked for a selfie. â âŚmmmm⌠Sorry, but no.â
Keep your mouth shut. Donât do their work for them. Wait for a lawyer.
I worked as a police dispatcher for a year and a half, and Iâd agree with this. My cops were generally nice people (and I say this having been on the wrong end of their sirens twice, once before and once after being hired), and they often helped in good ways⌠on the street. Not so much in the station. Generally speaking (and I know this is oversimplification and is worse in a lot of places but), it went like this:
On the street, you were considered as a person/citizen they have sworn to protect who may have made a mistake or done something wrong.
Once you were in the station, you were considered as a criminal. In the station you are the only one on your side.
Stay safe.
TV and film has you thinking that only guilty people ask for a lawyer. This is not true. The law is complex and difficult and confusing and if youâre being questioned by the police youâre not going to be in your best state of mind. A lawyer is your basic civil right and you should exercise that right. Keep silent, ask for a lawyer, take your legal advice.
Guilty people donât ask for a lawyer, smart people do.
âGuilty people donât ask for a lawyer, smart people do.â
My uncle was a cop. My uncle is the most down to earth, wouldnât hurt a fly person in the world. I donât think he even arrested a single person ever, that wasnât his job on the force.
His advice? Get a fucking lawyer. Never say a damn word. A cop knows how to twist your words around and make you even doubt yourself. They know damn well how to make you feel guilty by getting a lawyer. YOU need to know that itâs SMART to get a lawyer. Get a lawyer.
If you want to watch a show that shows people admitting to things they may not have done and the tactics involved, check out The Confession Tapes. Itâs on Netflix.
My husband is a defense attorney, and yeah, get a lawyer. There is no lawyer more expensive than not getting a lawyer in this kind of situation.
Itâs funny how some people donât realize like. When I was in elementary school every year we had âintruderâ drills. They were always kinda spooky but I never thought anything of it when I was a kid. The teacher would turn the light off and lock the room doors and weâd all have to quietly hide under desks until the intercom announced it was over. Sometimes thereâd be someone walking around and trying the doors to the classrooms to make sure they were locked. Never seemed strange to me as a kid, but talking with my canadian spouse they look mortified
Itâs wild how much of life in the US revolves around the unending threat of murder and violence. And by wild I mean a nightmare.
if youâre irish and you complain about britain âerasing cultureâ but canât even speak the language/ donât know shit about ireland before 1910 then just shut your cakehole nobody cares
Them being Irish and not being able to speak the language/not knowing shit about Ireland before 1910 is a direct result of Britain erasing culture, you goddamn Vitamin D-deficient circus clown
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