Why You Should Never Talk To The Police

I think people here are failing to understand my point. By telling the cops "I refuse to cooperate with you until I get my lawyer," they will interpret it as "I'm some smug douchebag that probably has something to hide and he's being a prick to us." Obviously if you're already busted it's best to keep your mouth shut, but if it's still questionable of whether you're guilty or not, telling the cops you're not cooperating is going to come off as admission of guilt.

And yes, if you don't talk to the cops they can and probably will arrest you to find out what's going on.
 


BluAffiliate said:
I think people here are failing to understand my point. By telling the cops "I refuse to cooperate with you until I get my lawyer," they will interpret it as "I'm some smug douchebag that probably has something to hide and he's being a prick to us." Obviously if you're already busted it's best to keep your mouth shut, but if it's still questionable of whether you're guilty or not, telling the cops you're not cooperating is going to come off as admission of guilt.
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No it cannot. And if they try to present that shit as probable cause the whole thing would be thrown out in a second.
 
BluAffiliate said:
I think people here are failing to understand my point. By telling the cops "I refuse to cooperate with you until I get my lawyer," they will interpret it as "I'm some smug douchebag that probably has something to hide and he's being a prick to us." Obviously if you're already busted it's best to keep your mouth shut, but if it's still questionable of whether you're guilty or not, telling the cops you're not cooperating is going to come off as admission of guilt.
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Cops don't care if you're guilty or not. Their main function is to produce revenue for city. They make the revenue by writing tickets and arresting people. The fact is most police officers aren't educated enough to understand what the word admission means let alone actually determine guilt. That's why we have judges and lawyers.

I'd rather be arrested for keeping my mouth shut then incriminate myself. The only thing you do is make your lawyers job harder when you talk. If you're worried about police arresting you for invoking your rights it's generally a good idea to have a cell phone on you and a number you can call where everything will be recorded off site. Use this setup (hidden cameras in your car also help) any time you're pulled over. If you do get arrested for saying you don't wish to talk this will give your lawyer the evidence he needs to help you get out of what ever the cop made up.
 
Miguel said:
No it cannot. And if they try to present that shit as probable cause the whole thing would be thrown out in a second.
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Hey buddy, tell me how it goes for ya? ;) I'll be interested to hear about your first encounter with the po' and how you handle it.
 
BluAffiliate said:
Hey buddy, tell me how it goes for ya? ;) I'll be interested to hear about your first encounter with the po' and how you handle it.
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I've had a few, and I've worked with thousands of police officers for a large part of my life. You don't know wtf you're talking about, and are spouting total bullshit.
 
BluAffiliate said:
This video is coming in from a lawyer standpoint. Obviously the law community believes the best thing to do when confronted by the police is *drumroll* stay silent and go pay for a lawyer. In most situations, simply remaining cool and cooperative (note: I don't mean running your mouth off and confessing to crimes) will bring you a better outcome than trying to flex your rights. It's like those idiots that start shit for no reason with the TSA and end up getting arrested. Sure, it's not fair and it's not in the constitution, but you're just painting a target with your victim mentality. Cops will break their procedures and code of conduct if you're being a dick to them; vice versa if you're cooperative and respectful. Either way you can't win. Cops get let off with a warning for fucking killing people these days, you think they're going to get any shit for searching you or arresting you without probable cause?

Ok, next time you get pulled over for speeding tell the cop "I'm not speaking until I get a lawyer" and tell me how that goes.

It's alright, I used to be like most of the people in this thread. Got rolled on by the cops for drinking a beer on the beach. I played the whole "I've got rights" card and ended up getting arrested and spending 8 hours in jail when I could have just settled for a fine. They told me I was arrested for drunk in public when I only had half a beer downed; did it really matter though? Nope. Shoulda just kept my mouth shut.
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About 6 years ago I was driving home from a neighboring city after a massive party and I was shit-faced drunk after heavy beer, scotch and tequila shots, so much so that I had to pull over on the highway to toss my dinner.

After I got back on the highway with no shirt on ( got stained when I was sick and I tossed it), I get pulled over by a cop, I knew I was fucked unless I acted fast, luckily I was wearing dress pants and a suit coat was on the front seat as it was a formal event

So this cop pulls up and asks the usual, license, registration, then says " Why aren't you wearing a shirt?" and I say: "Oh I'm not feeling very well officer I had to pull over cause I was sick and stained the shirt so I put it in the trunk" He then obviously he asks: "Have you been drinking tonight?" and I said: "Yes, officer honestly a little but I doubt that has anything to do with it as it wasn't much, I just think I ate some really bad food".

Obviously by this point he knows I'm full of shit and I knew what was next so I followed with: "I'm actually coming from a wedding, actually from a San Antonio police officer, you may know him captain G** D** (some fucking bullshit name I pulled out of my ass but he didn't know either way cause it was from a different city), then I go on: "It was actually a great party, a lot of cops there and they did the full uniform salute, I'm just upset I felt sick from some food I ate earlier and couldn't stay and celebrate with my buds" I knew it was a long shot but I played on their "they all bleed blue" code, and to my fucking amazement he says, all right then, go on your way just drive carefully and get some rest.

Sometimes you gotta roll the dice, and sometimes you gotta shut the fuck up, being a player means playing it by ear depending on the cop, I figured the worst that could of happened was the same thing as if I'da shut the fuck up, so I got a free roll to try and get loose from something I was going down for anyway and the 1 times out of 100 that this could've flown, it did.
 
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