Top things the police don't want you to be aware of
trentslist.org- Did you know that if you sue for false arrest (or false imprisonment), the arrest is presumed to be false?
- Did you know that all you need to prove is that the arrest occurred, and then the burden is on the officer to prove that it wasn’t false?
- Did you know that for an imprisonment, all you need is to show that you were “restrained of your liberty by words and acts which you feared to disregard”?
- Did you know that a car stop counts as an arrest and an imprisonment?
- Did you know that if an officer says he has a warrant for your arrest, you can demand to see the warrant AND the supporting affidavit, and if he arrests you without producing them, it’s a false arrest?
- Did you know that the police routinely ignore and violate this law?
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eHow: How to Address Police
ehow.comStep 1: Learn your rights so that you will be educated enough to protect yourself when addressing an officer. Organizations such as Flex Your Rights provide free and “pay for” training to help you educate yourself. +
Public Service: Dealing with Cops
Here are a handful of very, very helpful pieces on dealing with police.
- Don’t Talk To the Cops: Just under a half hour, this is a very edifying video from a law professor explaining why you should NEVER talk to the police.
- Top Ten Things NOT To Do If You Are Arrested: This echoes some of the above and provides specific examples about how to avoid accidentally granting permission to search your person or property.
- How to Deal with Cops and Get Out of Crimes: I 100% believe everyone involved in the writing of this is an entitled asshole. However, entitled assholes are often VERY good at manipulating systems, as this piece reveals. They also acknowledge that the strategies they use come from a position of privilege. Regardless, much of the included information is useful.
The most important thing to know is that even very well intentioned, “decent people” type cops make misjudgments in their police work, and those mistakes can have devastating consequences for the people they are policing. And, not everyone who is a police officer is a decent person or has good intentions. With that in mind, it is really in your best interest to minimize interactions with police and, to reference the above, never talk to cops.
