Uncle’s rules of dealing with the police
I’m a law-abiding guy and got nothing to hide. Still, caution should be exercised when dealing with the police. So, here are my rules for dealing with the police:
The answer is always no. No, I do not consent to a search. No, you may not come in. Business with the police should be done on the front porch, unless they have a warrant. And here’s why.
December 1st, 2006 at 6:05 pm
That really sucks. That’s a big reason I want these laws off the books. Any law which turns ordinary, normally law abiding people into criminals because they posess some object should automatically be suspect. That’s one reason I oppose the proposals in Pennsylvania to require law enforcement notification of lost, stolen or missing guns. It’s something that’s going to get ordinary people, who were simply ignorant of the law, into trouble with the law because “who would have thought?” Screw that crap.
December 1st, 2006 at 6:43 pm
Quote Nancy Reagan, Just say no.
December 2nd, 2006 at 1:40 am
BTW, the case Carnaby is talking about is the same one where the WA Court recognized the individual model of the 2A, which you post about a couple posts higher.
December 2nd, 2006 at 1:25 pm
Very good post on the law and lawenforcement. It is better to say nothing than anything at all. You might be charged with Contempted of Cop , which means getting roughed up alittle. So jsut do as the nice person with the gun and badge says and ask only if you are under arrest and if so for what. and by all means say sir or ma’ma.
December 3rd, 2006 at 8:25 pm
The advice linked to under “Keep your mouth shut” is great.
I would add that, as a result of a SCOTUS decision from 2 or 3 years ago, you are obligated to give your name to law enforcement on request.
Except for occasionally punching the accelarator a little hard, I don’t break any laws, I don’t fear law enforcement, and I refuse to grovel to them or give them anything to which they are not legally entitled.
December 4th, 2006 at 8:17 pm
Had one threaten to hold me till he could get a warrant out there to search my car. I said “ok”. While your doing that I’m going to call some people to come out and witness the search. You plant anything on me, you will be caught.
He wanted to know why I was such a “hardass” if I had nothing to hide. I told him that the rules weren’t just for me, he had to abide them also. And I didn’t trust him not to be ambitious for cop of the year or a promotion, etc. I knew me, I didn’t know him, I had no reason to assume his moral superiority.
So, I told him to make his calls and I would make mine. He wanted to know whom I was going to call, I told him he would be introduced when they got there. His next words to me were “You better git on outta here.”
Oh, hurt me.
June 8th, 2007 at 10:19 am
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