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It's not always that simple. I promise you, if armed police are threatening to harm your family you will tell them anything they want and sign anything they wan
by qingcharles 2y ago
It's not always that simple. I promise you, if armed police are threatening to harm your family you will tell them anything they want and sign anything they want to get them to stop.
In the USA you might be able to get the statements thrown out afterwards, but as long as the police didn't actually commit any violence then they are likely to get promoted.
And you have to be pragmatic; you might be able to get the charges thrown out, but you could easily spend a decade or more in pretrial detention to do it.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> if armed police are threatening to harm your family you will tell them anything they want and sign anything they want to get them to stop Don’t do this. If the charges are serious, if the motivation is so serious they’ll use illegal violence, say nothing. Demand a lawyer. Where I disagree with this is in super minor cases. I took a left without indicating, once, and got pulled over by the town pub. I figured they were looking for drunks, so I co-operated; the worst I was admitting to was a traffic ticket.
- qingcharles 2y agoThe charges don't have to be serious for the police to use illegal violence. They do it regularly for minor cases. If they are threatening violence, you can be sure your demands for a lawyer are going to go unheard.