Great stuff at
this link, quoted below is just one section entitled: "lies police are legally allowed to tell you":
There are many ways a police officer will LIE and trick you into talking. It's always safe to say the Magic Words: "Am I free to leave? I'm going to remain silent and I want a lawyer."
The following are common lies the police use when they're trying to get you to talk:
* "You will have to stay here and answer my questions" or "You're not leaving until I find out what I want to know."
* "I have evidence on you, so tell me what I want to know or else." (Police can fabricate fake evidence to convince you to tell them what they want to know.)
* "You're not a suspect, were simply investigating here. Help us understand what happened and then you may leave."
* "If you don't answer my questions, I won't have any choice but to take you to jail."
* "If you don't answer these questions, you'll be charged with resisting arrest."
* "Your friend has told his side of the story and it's not looking good for you, anything you want to tell me?
Unfortunately, you, Johnny Q. Citizen, are not allowed to lie to the police in return. As always, the best weapons in the citizen's arsenal for protecting his Constitutional rights is to repeatedly ask "am I free to go?" and state plainly and clearly, "I do not consent to a search".
2 comments:
Good information to have. Although, if the police ever came to my house, I'd probably get charged with killing a police officer.
Not because I would kill them...
But because they would die of BOREDOM!!
HA HA HA!!!!
My husband and I have had some interesting debates on the subject of police.
The interesting facet comes in because while we are both suspicious of them, my Aunt is a retired Lieutenant and my sister is a cop.
I am forced to recognize the dangers and difficulties legal tape creates in dealing with the guilty, but I am incredibly aware of how the punishments and dances around the law invariably hurt the innocent.
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