Yes, I've got a few tickets and been arrested for something more serious once.
Do you know why a cop asks you "Do you know why I stopped you?" He's not asking to help you out. He asks that for one reason and one reason only-to garner a confession so the ticket sticks. Because MOST people don't know this, and they think he's trying to be nice or helpful or looking out for you, but he's looking out for him. If you answer, even partially honestly, he's got ya. You are on record confessing to a crime, which he WILL use against you in court. He's all friendly and nice when he's writing that ticket, but wait till you face him in court and he's testifying against you. He won't mention that you were nice, polite and cooperative. He will just mention that you confessed to a crime. Imagine how that is with more serious crimes.
ALL defense lawyers will tell you that the worst thing their client did was talk to the police without counsel.
No lawyer OR cop would tell you that it's a good idea to talk to cops without counsel!! I mean, the cops want you to think it's OK but if you asked them honestly if it's a good idea, NONE will say it is. They like easy convictions and that's how they get over 90% of convictions, is by people talking to cops without counsel. Even people who are innocent, or people who didn't commit this particular crime but involve themselves somehow to some degree this or another crime. If you make a mistake and say you were 'here' or 'there' at 5:00 and you were wrong abou tthe time, they will use that against you. They will paint you to be a liar in court and burn your ass. This is how they get innocent people convicted or involved somehow in a crime.
Oh, and just to add, you should ALWAYS refuse a police search. Never consent! They may just leave and not bother with getting a warrant, but if they don't, make them do their job, get a warrant, and then search. If you refuse a search and they do it anyway, NOTHING they find can be used as evidence against you. Even if they found 10 kilos of crack, too bad. They may even be refused a warrant, if they don't have enough reason. It always pays to refuse a search.
If you consent, then they're GOING to search. If you say NO, there's a good chance they won't, or they may do it illegaly thus screwing themselves.
This was actually really informative, thank you. I haven't encountered this yet, but in the future I'll definitely be more reserved if I'm on the receiving end of a ticket or even something more serious.
People are easily manipulated and it seems cops play them like a fiddle. Or try to.
Look at it this way...have you ever know a cop, who has been accused of a crime, to consent to a search, make any statement or talk to cops without a lawyer present? Nope. So if cops won't even do it, why the hell would you?
There's been, unfortunately, a few cops here in my small area that have been accused of some pretty serious crimes. None of them was without a lawyer or made a statement from day 1 of the investigation. Cuz they know the realness!
Please do!! These are your most basic but most important of Constitutional rights. It's very important to flex your rights any chance you get. Not because you're doing something wrong necessarily but to not use your rights to force the police to comply with the laws if nothing else. They're not used to people using these rights, and they take advantage of that sooooo much. Cops need to know their limits and respect your (and everyone's) rights, as it is now they don't respect our rights because people hardly ever invoke them. So police are on a power trip, and that's bad for everyone.
A lot of people feel like if they refuse a search, or ask for a lawyer, that it makes them 'look' guilty. Well, who cares what it looks like. You'll be much better off legally to use those rights. It may 'look' bad to other people, but to cops, it doesn't make a difference, they can't convict you on opinion, and what they thing of a person who refuses a search or lawyers up is, "that guy is smart, crap". Not "that guy is guilty".
Do you like cops?????
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Yes, I've got a few tickets and been arrested for something more serious once.
Do you know why a cop asks you "Do you know why I stopped you?" He's not asking to help you out. He asks that for one reason and one reason only-to garner a confession so the ticket sticks. Because MOST people don't know this, and they think he's trying to be nice or helpful or looking out for you, but he's looking out for him. If you answer, even partially honestly, he's got ya. You are on record confessing to a crime, which he WILL use against you in court. He's all friendly and nice when he's writing that ticket, but wait till you face him in court and he's testifying against you. He won't mention that you were nice, polite and cooperative. He will just mention that you confessed to a crime. Imagine how that is with more serious crimes.
ALL defense lawyers will tell you that the worst thing their client did was talk to the police without counsel.
No lawyer OR cop would tell you that it's a good idea to talk to cops without counsel!! I mean, the cops want you to think it's OK but if you asked them honestly if it's a good idea, NONE will say it is. They like easy convictions and that's how they get over 90% of convictions, is by people talking to cops without counsel. Even people who are innocent, or people who didn't commit this particular crime but involve themselves somehow to some degree this or another crime. If you make a mistake and say you were 'here' or 'there' at 5:00 and you were wrong abou tthe time, they will use that against you. They will paint you to be a liar in court and burn your ass. This is how they get innocent people convicted or involved somehow in a crime.
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Oh, and just to add, you should ALWAYS refuse a police search. Never consent! They may just leave and not bother with getting a warrant, but if they don't, make them do their job, get a warrant, and then search. If you refuse a search and they do it anyway, NOTHING they find can be used as evidence against you. Even if they found 10 kilos of crack, too bad. They may even be refused a warrant, if they don't have enough reason. It always pays to refuse a search.
If you consent, then they're GOING to search. If you say NO, there's a good chance they won't, or they may do it illegaly thus screwing themselves.
This was actually really informative, thank you. I haven't encountered this yet, but in the future I'll definitely be more reserved if I'm on the receiving end of a ticket or even something more serious.
People are easily manipulated and it seems cops play them like a fiddle. Or try to.
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Look at it this way...have you ever know a cop, who has been accused of a crime, to consent to a search, make any statement or talk to cops without a lawyer present? Nope. So if cops won't even do it, why the hell would you?
There's been, unfortunately, a few cops here in my small area that have been accused of some pretty serious crimes. None of them was without a lawyer or made a statement from day 1 of the investigation. Cuz they know the realness!
Please do!! These are your most basic but most important of Constitutional rights. It's very important to flex your rights any chance you get. Not because you're doing something wrong necessarily but to not use your rights to force the police to comply with the laws if nothing else. They're not used to people using these rights, and they take advantage of that sooooo much. Cops need to know their limits and respect your (and everyone's) rights, as it is now they don't respect our rights because people hardly ever invoke them. So police are on a power trip, and that's bad for everyone.
A lot of people feel like if they refuse a search, or ask for a lawyer, that it makes them 'look' guilty. Well, who cares what it looks like. You'll be much better off legally to use those rights. It may 'look' bad to other people, but to cops, it doesn't make a difference, they can't convict you on opinion, and what they thing of a person who refuses a search or lawyers up is, "that guy is smart, crap". Not "that guy is guilty".