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Your statement is wrong. You are allowed to stop answering questions at any time and request legal council.

by snypher 5y ago

VectorLock 5y ago
If you suddenly clam up when they get to a specific question, they're probably going to be able to guess the answer.
- gpm 5y ago
  That's why the statement at the top of this thread is > The lesson here is clear: do not cooperate with the police Suddenly clamming up is a problem, doing so less suddenly is not (I'm elsewhere in this thread roughly advocating for clamming up about anything not directly related to the traffic stop)
  - Gibbon1 5y ago
    Clamming up when a patrol officer goes off script means nothing more than you know that he knows that you know he's off script.
- betwixthewires 5y ago
  In the US, that doesn't mean anything legally speaking. They might know then that this means you have a lot of cash on you, but that's not probably cause for a search. They still have to get permission or a warrant to search.
  - CheezeIt 5y ago
    I don’t know about probable cause for a search, but legally speaking, clamming up to a specific question, as opposed to explicitly invoking the 5th amendment right, currently means something in trial, as ruled in Salinas v. Texas. https://www.oyez.org/cases/2012/12-246 https://www.oyez.org/cases/2012/12-246 I don’t see how telling the officer you have $87k is probable cause for a search, anyway.
  - 8note 5y ago
    Isn't it a probable cause to search your car, since it's the car and the cash that has broken the law, and has no rights to privacy?
    - betwixthewires 5y ago
      No. First, it is not illegal to have a car or cash. Second, in the US at least the government does recognize a limited right to privacy in the form of the 4th amendment which spies to States as well. An officer cannot search you, your car or your home without a warrant from a judge or a tangible reason to believe you are committing a crime.
      - LadyCailin 5y ago
        Or if you agree to a search!

Your statement is wrong. You are allowed to stop answering questions at any time and request legal council.

VectorLock 5y ago

If you suddenly clam up when they get to a specific question, they're probably going to be able to guess the answer.

gpm 5y ago
That's why the statement at the top of this thread is > The lesson here is clear: do not cooperate with the police Suddenly clamming up is a problem, doing so less suddenly is not (I'm elsewhere in this thread roughly advocating for clamming up about anything not directly related to the traffic stop)
- Gibbon1 5y ago
  Clamming up when a patrol officer goes off script means nothing more than you know that he knows that you know he's off script.
betwixthewires 5y ago
In the US, that doesn't mean anything legally speaking. They might know then that this means you have a lot of cash on you, but that's not probably cause for a search. They still have to get permission or a warrant to search.
- CheezeIt 5y ago
  I don’t know about probable cause for a search, but legally speaking, clamming up to a specific question, as opposed to explicitly invoking the 5th amendment right, currently means something in trial, as ruled in Salinas v. Texas. https://www.oyez.org/cases/2012/12-246 https://www.oyez.org/cases/2012/12-246 I don’t see how telling the officer you have $87k is probable cause for a search, anyway.
- 8note 5y ago
  Isn't it a probable cause to search your car, since it's the car and the cash that has broken the law, and has no rights to privacy?
  - betwixthewires 5y ago
    No. First, it is not illegal to have a car or cash. Second, in the US at least the government does recognize a limited right to privacy in the form of the 4th amendment which spies to States as well. An officer cannot search you, your car or your home without a warrant from a judge or a tangible reason to believe you are committing a crime.
    - LadyCailin 5y ago
      Or if you agree to a search!