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You are not required to answer any questions, if you feel uncomfortable by staying mute, reply to the question with another question.
Officer asks; "Do you have any weapons in your car?"
You could reply with; " Do you see any weapons in my car?"
"Why do you ask?" Or my favoriteif I really want to piss them off; "I do not feel like discussing my personal/private life with you at this time"
If I am asked to step out of the vehicle, the door gets closed and locked immediately after exiting, and the keys are placed in my pocket. Many times cops will try to get a better look in the car when you are exiting, or they will stick their head into an open door or window to get a better look around. They are ding nothing but looking for a reason to arrest you at this point, do not provide a reason for them to do so.
They will try to bully you by saying "If you got nothing to hide, then why not let me take a look around"
At this point you got to get belligerent and state that you are not waiving any of your rights, if you stand mute, they may be able to get evidence from a search and have it be admitted in courtbecause you did not object fiercely to it at the time.
Stand up for those rights, do not let a cop push you around to go on a fishing expedition.
