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Re: Never talk to the police

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Post by Cider9986 » Wed, Jun 17, 2026, 3:49 PM UTC

AnimalMuppet wrote: post #123

Cider9986 wrote: post #89

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Prevention of unethical behavior is good, but the scenario we are talking about is primarily police investigating you.

OK, but that's a huge caveat that is never stated when we have this discussion, isn't it? "Don't talk to the cops when they're investigating you" is massively different from "don't talk to cops, ever". And yeah, I know, it may not always be obvious whether they are investigating you, especially if they are willing to lie or be deceptive. (If they're really investigating you, you may not even realize that you're talki…

Problem is they are always investigating everybody.

Re: Never talk to the police

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Post by jst1fthsdys » Wed, Jun 17, 2026, 5:40 PM UTC

assimpleaspossi wrote: post #139

jst1fthsdys wrote: post #137

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> I lead a normal life. > At my business You don't know what normal life is in the US. > they discovered my back door open and, within minutes, caught the person who stole something. Plenty of people can tell you about the cops never bothering to show up to a call, or showing up hours later and shrugging. The fact that this supposedly happened to you is the outlier.

I live in the US and I'm older than you (I'd bet) and have far more experiences than you. How many is "plenty of people" and what percent versus those of us who get results in minutes. I am NOT the outlier. My stories are the stories of my neighbors and everyone I know. My stories are from what's in front of me and not random, anonymous internet posts.

> have far more experiences than you.

Rich people have lots of experiences. They do not know what normal life is like.

> How many is "plenty of people" and what percent versus those of us who get results in minutes.

I know entire neighborhoods where people won't even call the police because they either won't do anything anyway or they will harass and find a way to fuck over the person who called. I know how cops treat brown people versus whites. I know how they will treat you if you have money and I know how they will treat you if you don't.

The people who supposedly get results in minutes are the minority.

> I am NOT the outlier. My stories are the stories of my neighbors and everyone I know.

This is a meaningless statement. I can say the exact same thing.

> My stories are from what's in front of me and not random, anonymous internet posts.

You are the random internet post to everyone else but you, mate. Try not to be so solipsistic.

Re: Never talk to the police

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Post by bryanlarsen » Wed, Jun 17, 2026, 8:19 PM UTC

buellerbueller wrote: post #108

bryanlarsen wrote: post #61

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Because cops are human, and most people answer questions when cops ask them questions. Refusing to answer questions cannot be held against you in court, but it certainly often is in the minds of humans. And when a cop has "evidence" against you that they cannot use in court, that's when it seems likely they'll manufacture some evidence that is usable.

Cops being human is also exactly why the lawyer and detective in the video is exactly why never talk to cops . Real lawyer opinion > armchair lawyer opinion.

You're screwed if you do and you're screwed if you don't. It's choosing between the lesser of two evils.

Re: Never talk to the police

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Post by assimpleaspossi » Thu, Jun 18, 2026, 11:58 AM UTC

mplanchard wrote: post #143

assimpleaspossi wrote: post #101

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What you are fearing is fear itself. It's not going to happen and I have no reason to fear it will

Los of innocent people are convicted of crimes they didn’t commit, often on the basis of their conversations with the police. You have every right not to fear it, but it is not an uncommon occurrence

It's an uncommon occurrence no matter what the TV and internet tells you.