A defense attorney extols the virtues of the 5th amendment and explains at blistering speed why you should never talk to police. He’s entertaining and pretty compelling. There’s another video that has the reply by a police officer who claims to have conducted thousands of “interviews” in his career and who agrees with every word of the lawyer. I didn’t post it because it’s not as interesting, but if you want to check it out, do so here. (Thanks, Aria, for pointing me to this.)
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May 26, 2010 at 8:16 pm
I’m loving this. My own criminal law professor was way too old school to deliver such practical advice.
You can think of words as ammunition. The context and content of those words is irrelevant. The enemy will always find a way to cut and paste those words in such a way as to make you look bad.
So deny your enemy access to words. If your enemy has allegations against you, make him get off his butt and prove it without your assistance. There’s nothing shameful about that.