Police Encounters

I've been pulled over a multitude of times for a multitude of reasons as I'm sure many of you have. We've all gotten ticketed, and had a "talk" with cops. Some of them are nice, but the majority of them are people who are "drunk" with power and abuse it way too much. I'm not saying that cops are bad, and aren't needed. I'm just saying that there is a way that we need to deal with cops without giving up our constitutionally given rights as North Americans.

I've been pulled over before by a cop who couldn't tell me why he pulled me over. I asked him why instead of telling him why I thought he did, and he stuttered, then he went and sat in his car doing who knows what before finally let me go. As I left he told me, "Well, don't do it again!" What the fuck did I do? I was doing nothing wrong, and he felt the need to pull me over and waste my time.

There are many ways to deal with cops, and most of us in the USA do it the wrong way by giving up our rights granted to us by the constitution. Something as simple as a cop asking you, "Do you know why I pulled you over?" can make you loose one of your rights. If you admit to him that you did something, you just waived your fifth amendment right to not incriminate yourself in a crime. You don't even have to answer that question. There's no law that says you have to speak to a cop. Just let the cop tell you what you did wrong and admit nothing. They can give you a ticket for one of two ways: If they have evidence against you such as their speed gun, or if you tell them that you did something. There's a chance that you could even avoid a ticket because of that.

The cops play mind games and use word play to make you give up your rights just like I stated above. In the video it tells you how to deal with the cops in different situations. Like if they come to your house, if you get pulled over, and even random ID checks. (Those are illegal. They need probable cause to do those. This isn't Nazi Germany.)

This video is made by the ACLU. A group that specialize in the Constitutional rights of North Americans. This video is made to teach you how to deal with cops without giving up your rights, and to keep yourself safe from harassment by some law enforcement people. You should watch this whether or not you're breaking the law. Everyone has to deal with the cops and this will teach you how to handle them.

In this video it will show what to do and what not to do in certain situations. The acting in this isn't the best, but it accurately detail how many police officers act, and how some people might react.

Edit: This video is especially important right now around September 11th. People are gonna be a bit scared, and the police are gonna be bulking up and gonna be on the offense. Unless they have a warrant, exercise your rights.