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So did anybody call a lawyer like he asked? Reminds me of the movie Trading Places where Eddie Murphy asked for a lawyer and all of the aristocrats coughed and

So did anybody call a lawyer like he asked? Reminds me of the movie Trading Places where Eddie Murphy asked for a lawyer and all of the aristocrats coughed and turned away My rehearsed line is “you in the <distinctive clothes> I’ll split the settlement with you if you record this and call a lawyer!” Gotta disrupt the bystander syndrome by calling out a particular person And provide the financial incentive

dylan604 8y ago
Interesting approach. How often has it worked?
- gammateam 8y ago
  Pretty well since the private and public persons annoying me typically go back into their hiding hole with my uncommon way of talking Ive never made it to the nightly news with a video of me shouting that line Or on a talk show about the lawsuit for that recorder to get their share of a settlement So not sure why to tell you
jeauxlb 8y ago
How would this even work? I google for local "immigration lawyers"(??) and tell the person who answers a man whose name I don't know yelled at me to call them, and that they get someone down to the airport? I'd like to think if I saw this happening I'd step in to help, but I don't feel like I would have enough compelling --- let alone actionable --- information for a lawyer to be interested enough to intervene.
- anoncoward111 8y ago
  Here's how I would handle it: In addition to calling several high profile agencies like ACLU and EFF, I would call one or two local lawyers and say, "Hi, my name is FirstLast, at 2:05 PM I was at LAX Terminal 2. A man wearing XYZ was being led away by CBP agents and was pleading for someone to call a lawyer. Is this something you can handle? I imagine you can get in contact with LAX authorities if you are interested in taking this case." I guess it's different at the federal level because they can detain people longer and with less cause, but eventually I believe they have to be offered the right to legal representation and being hauled in front of a judge publically. Unless of course the US Govt wants to extradite you from LAX to Guantanamo, at which point a lawyer is the least of your worries.
- Canada 8y ago
  I would call the ACLU or EFF and describe the situation. Nobody would even notice.

dylan604 8y ago

Interesting approach. How often has it worked?

gammateam 8y ago
Pretty well since the private and public persons annoying me typically go back into their hiding hole with my uncommon way of talking Ive never made it to the nightly news with a video of me shouting that line Or on a talk show about the lawsuit for that recorder to get their share of a settlement So not sure why to tell you

jeauxlb 8y ago

How would this even work? I google for local "immigration lawyers"(??) and tell the person who answers a man whose name I don't know yelled at me to call them, and that they get someone down to the airport? I'd like to think if I saw this happening I'd step in to help, but I don't feel like I would have enough compelling --- let alone actionable --- information for a lawyer to be interested enough to intervene.

anoncoward111 8y ago
Here's how I would handle it: In addition to calling several high profile agencies like ACLU and EFF, I would call one or two local lawyers and say, "Hi, my name is FirstLast, at 2:05 PM I was at LAX Terminal 2. A man wearing XYZ was being led away by CBP agents and was pleading for someone to call a lawyer. Is this something you can handle? I imagine you can get in contact with LAX authorities if you are interested in taking this case." I guess it's different at the federal level because they can detain people longer and with less cause, but eventually I believe they have to be offered the right to legal representation and being hauled in front of a judge publically. Unless of course the US Govt wants to extradite you from LAX to Guantanamo, at which point a lawyer is the least of your worries.
Canada 8y ago
I would call the ACLU or EFF and describe the situation. Nobody would even notice.