• @KillerTofu
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    796 months ago

    And don’t forget to shut the fuck up.

  • @puppy
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    696 months ago

    You forgot,

    1. Be white
      • @puppy
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        116 months ago

        Exactly! Such obvious, sensible, common sense things most people don’t realise these days smh.

    • @[email protected]
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      136 months ago

      This is technically not a requirement, but by golly it sure does help.

      Signed,
      Cishet White Male

  • @[email protected]
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    606 months ago

    It’s like a warning about wild animals at a campsite.

    Never approach the wildlife or make it feel threatened. Do not make sudden movements. Doing so may provoke an attack. Never feed the police. It cannot tell the difference between fingers and french fries.

  • @[email protected]
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    386 months ago

    When the police knock on your door DO NOT open the door. Speak through the door. If they have a warrant, they can already enter. If they don’t have a warrant, they may use you stepping outside to detain you anyways, and it also gives them an opportunity to see into your house.

    • @[email protected]
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      286 months ago

      I had a cop ding dong ditch and hide in my bushes, to then run up to me yelling stop once I stepped out of my house to ask me questions.

      I still feel gross. I wouldn’t have answered the door, but they tricked me.

      • @[email protected]
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        266 months ago

        This is genuinely absurd. But the mental image of a uniformed cop, giddily pressing your doorbell and running away like Ron Swanson to jump and hide in a bush is too fuckin good. And then the image of them jumping back out to say “STOP RIGHT THERE!” Is also good. Goddamn, that’s funny. Fucked up and dystopian. But funny to imagine.

  • @[email protected]
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    356 months ago

    Fyi: This only applies to the USA

    Where I live Police don’t need to give you a paper with proof of a warrant, they still need a warrant but they don’t have to prove it to you.

    A lot of people here think they do though.

  • @Treczoks
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    346 months ago

    AKA How to get shot by American police.

    • littleblue✨
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      26 months ago

      Be: not a cop. 🤷🏽‍♂️

  • Angel Mountain
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    316 months ago

    Or move to a country that has a police force where officers are properly trained and monitored.

    • @Wilzax
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      446 months ago

      Oh yeah sure let me just get all my paperwork to do so magically approved, and scrounge together a few years’ worth of savings in order to move and afford to live while looking for a new job, and leave behind all my friends and family that I can’t bring with me.

      Ezpz

    • @optissima
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      226 months ago

      Oh cool, didn’t know that’s an option, can you list a few?

    • @[email protected]
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      196 months ago

      I.e. not Germany either

      Bodycams are

      • not independently monitored
      • not always on
      • only on when they want it
  • @SkyezOpen
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    216 months ago

    FYI: “I want to speak to a lawyer” is not an unequivocal invocation of your rights. Be specific. “I am invoking my right to have a lawyer present” or something to that effect.

    • @Evotech
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      176 months ago

      Need to have the right magical incantation

    • @skygirl
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      26 months ago

      This didn’t used to be the case until the Thompkins ruling amended the Miranda ruling in 2010.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berghuis_v._Thompkins

      Its unfortunate how difficult it is to stay aware of basic rights for lay persons with decisions like this throwing out old assumptions.

  • @Jumi
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    126 months ago

    Step 4: get shot

  • @VelvetStorm
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    76 months ago

    Also, if you are ever pulled over and you are asked to get out of your car, you need to close the door behind you.

      • @VelvetStorm
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        36 months ago

        If the doors are open its the same thing as cops seeing your front door open. They can and will use it as an excuse to go through your car.

      • @Land_Strider
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        26 months ago

        There is a thing with liability when the insurance is concerned, in the case where you leave your keys ignition and/or leave your car doors unlocked with thieves about.

          • @Land_Strider
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            26 months ago

            I was just making a play with thieves and cops being alike in what they may do around your car. One would steal it, one would impound it, with some coke offering added.

    • @PM_Your_Nudes_Please
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      16 months ago

      And roll your window up as you’re getting out. If they can reach into your vehicle, they will.

  • @then_three_more
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    46 months ago

    FYI - don’t try the search shit in the UK.

    Stop and searches are not voluntary, and officers don’t need your permission to go through your belongings. You can’t refuse a stop and search by UK law. If you do, they can use force.

  • @miridius
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    16 months ago

    The fact that this kind of advice is even necessary (in the USA) is insane