I am BEGGING you.
Please, PLEASE, do not try to talk your way out of an arrest or detention. Do NOT talk to cops.
"I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT."
Say that and SHUT UP.
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@theleftistlawyer/116121674553036154
Truly an underrated advice. Watch this lecture for some of the ways things can go wrong, even if you're completely innocent.
Case in point, the cop that comes in later confirms:
"Everything [the law professor] said was true."