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Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear
Most of that is entirely good and true advice..
Basically you have to gauge if you are smarter than a team of investigators/cops/etc
I'll give you an example.
(although not a great one because both of them were stupid )
On c.o.p.s. i saw this episode on street patrol , they rolled up on a lady obviously buying some crack from a street dealer who was leaning in her car on the passenger side. When they rolled up the crackhead ran off. They searched her car and found a crack rock on the passenger side floor.
So anyways she says , gee i just stopped and asked directions and the guy was giving me directions when you pulled up behind me then he tossed something in the car and took off running.
So in the end they let her go, if she had said nothing they would have arrested her for possesion , taken her 2 kids away and she would never have gotten them back most likely.
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COPS is the perfect example of how law enforcement gets away with bypassing peoples rights of search and seizure. It always amazes me that people consent to a search of their vehicle only to find that they have 20 pounds of weed in their trunk. The best thing to say if you're pulled over and a cop asks to do a search is "Are you asking or demanding?" the cop will say he is asking, you then respond with "Get a warrant, I'm in a hurry". The funny thing about COPS is EVERY search they show turns up something, they never show the searches that turn up nothing when the truth is only 20% of vehicle searches something is found. COPS is nothing more than law enforcement propaganda.