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> Do you have any evidence of this at all? Being young and poor and interacting with the police. Their behavior changes when the other upstanding members of s

> Do you have any evidence of this at all? Being young and poor and interacting with the police. Their behavior changes when the other upstanding members of society aren’t in the room. There’s a way to navigate that situation favorably, and it doesn’t involve refusing to speak to them and hoping you get a good public defender. Speak without saying a lot, be careful what you say, sure. But refusing to speak entirely and pretending you have an attorney is likely to just anger them (if you’re poor), and they do have the power to subject you to our criminal justice system, and people do get treated unfairly and wrongfully imprisoned all the time.

ivraatiems 9y ago
> But refusing to speak entirely and pretending you have an attorney is likely to just anger them (if you’re poor), and they do have the power to subject you to our criminal justice system, and people do get treated unfairly and wrongfully imprisoned all the time. You're not pretending to do anything. You're invoking a right you actually, absolutely have. They know (or should know) the difference and that they have an obligation to do certain things in that situation. > Being young and poor and interacting with the police. > Their behavior changes when the other upstanding members of society aren’t in the room. I believe you. But I also believe that you have societal protections you're choosing not to use. I understand that I'm probably not going to convince you of this in the face of your lived experience. I just think that if we continue to perpetuate the idea that some people can't and will never get what in fact everyone is entitled to, we're never going to solve the problem.