6L6GC
Regular Member
your post reflects several salient points
You either intentionally or ignorantly misrepresent the position of "refusing to talk to the police".
1. The vast majority of the posts adopting that position are giving very sound legal advice to someone who has been arrested. Conversing with the police after an arrest is a very bad idea, since by law, the things you say can only be use AGAINST you, but never FOR you. The advice to not speak with the police intelligent advice.
2. For those not arrested, but detained or "approached" by a police officer, there should be a polite but firm refusal to engage in chit chat and answer the officer's questions that quite frankly are none of his business and furthermore have nothing to do with LAWFUL, open carry of a gun. Questions like "where are you going", what are you doing", "where have you been" are nothing but attempts to find some reason to escalate the situation and make an arrest.
3. For encounters with the police wherein the police officer is seeking for a show of respect from the lowly citizen by the citizen's submission to unlawful detention/questioning, the proper response by the citizen is to not allow the cop with the "attitude" to compel him to surrender his rights and grovel in order to show that he "respects the police".
4. If you are trying to use your job to find a social life you need to quit the force and become a DJ, not expect citizen's to meekly allow you to detain and question them for enjoying the benefits of personal liberty enumerated in the constitution just so that you can chat it up with them and show you respect.
I'm not for cop bashing, I'm for citizen's rights
I am for bad cop bashing (because they deserve it), I'm for citizen's rights
2 cents,
roN
You either intentionally or ignorantly misrepresent the position of "refusing to talk to the police".
1. The vast majority of the posts adopting that position are giving very sound legal advice to someone who has been arrested. Conversing with the police after an arrest is a very bad idea, since by law, the things you say can only be use AGAINST you, but never FOR you. The advice to not speak with the police intelligent advice.
2. For those not arrested, but detained or "approached" by a police officer, there should be a polite but firm refusal to engage in chit chat and answer the officer's questions that quite frankly are none of his business and furthermore have nothing to do with LAWFUL, open carry of a gun. Questions like "where are you going", what are you doing", "where have you been" are nothing but attempts to find some reason to escalate the situation and make an arrest.
3. For encounters with the police wherein the police officer is seeking for a show of respect from the lowly citizen by the citizen's submission to unlawful detention/questioning, the proper response by the citizen is to not allow the cop with the "attitude" to compel him to surrender his rights and grovel in order to show that he "respects the police".
4. If you are trying to use your job to find a social life you need to quit the force and become a DJ, not expect citizen's to meekly allow you to detain and question them for enjoying the benefits of personal liberty enumerated in the constitution just so that you can chat it up with them and show you respect.
I'm not for cop bashing, I'm for citizen's rights
I am for bad cop bashing (because they deserve it), I'm for citizen's rights
2 cents,
roN