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You forgot,
- Be white
And don’t forget to shut the fuck up.
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.
Or a fucking hairbrush and a gun
Or himilayan pink salt and drugs
Or an acorn and a gunshot
Or kitty litter an meth. Or a wallet and a gun (Diallo…and probably countless others)
Kitty litter/meth, now I gotta see this one
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.
If you are in BC Canada, https://bccla.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/English_Arrest-Pocketbook.pdf
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.
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.
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.
