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diff --git a/content/entry/re-video-dont-talk-to-the-police.md b/content/entry/re-video-dont-talk-to-the-police.md index f3112b3..251dbad 100644 --- a/content/entry/re-video-dont-talk-to-the-police.md +++ b/content/entry/re-video-dont-talk-to-the-police.md @@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ I was once pulled over by a cop after turning the wrong way down a one-way stree By all means, if you can afford the ticket and aren't afraid of potential police brutality then exercise your rights. We need as many people as possible exercising their rights. I really hate to say it but there are situations where, especially if you're poor or black, exercising your rights can be impractical and dangerous. I am neither poor nor black but I've still had negative interactions with the police. -I once verbally refused to having my belongings searched by the police and I can't imagine what probable cause there would've been. So the officer tricked me into leaving my belongings behind so others could search meanwhile. Police are not allowed to do this, but they did it anyways. - -On a separate occasion, a police officer yelled at me, handcuffed me behind my back, and threatened a misdemeanor charge for refusing to give him my phone number. During this whole encounter, I was completely calm and respectful. I was not legally required to give him a phone number under those circumstances and he couldn't have possibly charged me with a misdemeanor for refusing that. +I once had a police officer yell at me, handcuff me behind my back, and threaten a misdemeanor charge for refusing to give him my phone number. During this whole encounter, I was completely calm and respectful. I was not legally required to give him a phone number under those circumstances and he couldn't have possibly charged me with a misdemeanor for refusing that. When you're dealing with cops like this who escalate situations, trick you, threaten you with imaginary charges, and either break the law themselves or just don't know it, your rights aren't always going to protect you. What Duane says in the video is great in theory, but in actual practice you're probably not going to have evidence that you were mistreated and the judge is going to believe the person with the badge over you. |