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Re: How NOT to handle an encounter with police (Re: ROBBED BY A COP— PROPERTY DESTROYED!) |
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Posted by tankertom on Sat May 5 11:15:53 2007, in response to Re: How NOT to handle an encounter with police (Re: ROBBED BY A COP— PROPERTY DESTROYED!), posted by AMoreira81 on Sat May 5 10:04:19 2007. There really is a lot of misinformation out there about what a police officer can or cannot do and what are the legal obligations of a person if stopped, questioned or detained by a cop. While you have a legal right not to say anything or even identify yourself, you also have a legal right not to hand over your wallet to a robber holding a gun or knife pointed at you. Sometimes it's more practical not to stand on legal technicalities...at least at the point of confrontation. What always seems to work to varying degrees is to respond with something along the lines of, "hey, do you know my sister? She's "on the job". Make up a name, he wouldn't know her anyway with over 30,000 NYPD members. Or something along those lines. Cops usually go soft on family members of their own. |
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