[HN] Don’t Talk to Police

3 years ago by irradiated to c/technews

Regent Law Professor James Duane gives viewers startling reasons why they should always exercise their 5th Amendment rights when questioned by government off...
ImplyingImplications 5 points 3 years ago

Police will never use a statement you made to prove your innocence, only your guilt. Talking to them does nothing.

Michael Dixon was arrested after getting off a bus on his way home from work. Police suspected he had broken into a nearby jewellery store. He did not resist arrest and instead went to the station. They held him and interrogated him for 3 days telling him to confess as they had him on tape and he would be going away for a long time. He repeatedly told them his alibi but police never once investigated it. They just kept trying to force a confession from him.

Only when Dixon requested to contact a lawyer was he immediately released and later won a $126,000 lawsuit for wrongful imprisonment.

Don't talk to police. They don't care. Talk to a lawyer.

Wrongful arrest award exposes Hamilton Police

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IsThisLemmyOpen 5 points 3 years ago
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orbit 4 points 3 years ago

It's shit like this that makes me think we just need to reset our legal code.

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ASnoogeeNamedSnowman 3 points 3 years ago path: 0 301163, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 0
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