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I don't know if it's related - but there is a video "Don't Talk To The Police" which is probably the most important video anyone could ever wathch. https://you

• kemiller2002 6y ago
  If you are in the U.S. this is absolutely the most important video you can watch. It very clearly details how the system really works, and why it is always bad to talk to the police without a lawyer present. Note I didn't say, "Never talk to the police." You need someone with you that can understand the law and how work within the system. You never know when they might consider you part of the suspect pool. You can be helpful, just be helpful while protecting your own best interests.
  • bsder 6y ago
    One note about that video: he's updated his advice a bit. Our shitty Supreme Court has made "stay silent" a bit of an issue--it's safer to demand your lawyer instead. It's not even about understanding the system, the presence of the lawyer forces the police to establish "scope". If I'm just a witness, then the lawyer can make sure that what I say can't later be used against me for something unrelated. If I'm a suspect, this prevents the police from going on a fishing expedition to just "find anything". Once they talk to the lawyer, they have to go hunting for "what they told the lawyer" as opposed to everything in the world.
    • Diederich 6y ago
      > he's updated his advice a bit Interesting...do you have a reference to that handy? Thanks!
      • bsder 6y ago
        I don't. You probably have to hunt around on YouTube for some of his later videos. The lawyer's name is "James Duane", but I can only find his CATO Institute videos and they're not very good. :(