Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Talking to Cops II

On the Bubble


A Non Sequitur

Commenting on the  Never, Ever, Talk to the Police video, Anonymous suggested BUSTED: The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters, as an adjunct.   I watched it early this morning, and found it unsettling.  It's narrated by Ira Glasser, erstwhile Executive Director of the ACLU.  Okay, I despise the ACLU, considering it one of the top ten worst things ever to happen to the United States, but they do know how to get criminals out of jail.  Whereas the focus of the "Never-Ever" video was the Fifth Amendment protecting the innocent, much of this video works off scenarios where lawbreakers are the good people, and the law, bad.  Both videos are instructional, but the latter made me feel dirty.  I would never recommend it to a teenager, because of the  imprimatur it seems to convey about drug use.Your mileage may differ.  Did I say I hate the ACLU? 

8 comments:

Kristophr said...

Rodge: Replace the word "drugs" with the word "pistol".

Give it a few years and having a lid on you will be a good character reference.

BlogDog said...

Either that or the worst cases of 'roids the world has ever seen.
Ohmighawd! Did I say that out loud?

Turing word: sticin - I'm not EVEN gonna comment.

Anonymous said...

The lawyer's remark that the chick's protecting her and her friends from arrest FOR BREAKING THE LAW was "what being a good citizen and neighbor is all about" made me want to punch him in the face. Maybe it is in his neighborhood.

That aside, it's all still good and correct advice. Don't be bullied, conned or scared into handing over your rights never admit to anything, and NEVER CONSENT TO A SEARCH. Police know very what their boundaries are and usually will not cross them. They are trained in how to get you to let them pass. If you show you know their limits too, they will back off. They don't want to risk getting in trouble without a darned good reason and you are probably not it.

It's normal for good, law-abiding people (as I'm sure all C&S readers are) to cooperate because they haven't done anything wrong that they know of. The reality: I'd bet a paycheck every one of us harmlessly and probably unintentionally breaks a law every day.

A few months ago I had to kick Mrs. Annoyed's a$$ for leaving a flask in the passenger's side pocket on the car door. She didn't believe me when I told her that she was driving with an open container, in plain sight no less. A minor traffic stop wold have become at least another ticket and a field sobriety test, not to mention what it would do to our car insurance rates.

AWM

Anonymous said...

The only thing you need to know about the ACLU is that they prosecute the Boy Scouts and defend NAMBLA. And the minority community in this country will remain a perminent underclass if they continue to protect the criminals from police based on skin color.
Tim

Anonymous said...

ACLU has defended druggies pedophiles, commies and anyone that hates Christian religious symbols. I am not aware of the ACLU EVER rushing to defend folks like Harold Fish, Randy Weaver or any other person unjustly persecuted for alleged gun crimes. They are far left and abhor the right to keep & bear arms.
RAK

rickn8or said...

RAK-- Until Heller vs. DC the ACLU considered the Second Amendment to be a "collective" rather than an "individual" right. Nowadays, they simply ignore it unless the firearm is in the hands of an "aspiring rap artist" that was caught shooting up a Bible class.

JMcD said...

"Bubbles" O'Toole heard about these ladies, and had to be given a calmative....After learning the true story, he had to be given an anti-depressant.

Grumpyunk said...

"....ACLU considered the Second Amendment to be a "collective" rather than an "individual" right." - Commies know all about that collective shit.

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