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Mello2u · October 13, 2011, 11:41 AM

An educational video titled "Don't Talk to Cops" posted in two parts on youtube.com drives home the point that you can not help yourself by making statements to the police. You can only harm yourself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8z7NC5sgik

I found it enlightening. I have a law degree so this is like revisiting a law school class. The professor has a guest lecturer, who is either a former cop or still a cop but is also a licensed lawyer too; to present the other side. But the cop agrees with the advice that you can only hurt yourself by talking to the police.

One premise which is offered is the one where the person makes a statement to police but is mistaken and later is proven to be wrong about what he asserted. The prosecutor can then charge that person with making a false statement.

Do you think that you might be a bit agitated after experiencing a life and death struggle where you had to shoot someone to survive? Do you think you might not be thinking clearly? Do you think you might be better off taking time to speak with a lawyer and have that lawyer speak for you?

October 13, 2011, 11:41 AM	#19
Mello2u Senior Member Join Date: February 21, 2009 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,424	An educational video titled "Don't Talk to Cops" posted in two parts on youtube.com drives home the point that you can not help yourself by making statements to the police. You can only harm yourself. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8z7NC5sgik I found it enlightening. I have a law degree so this is like revisiting a law school class. The professor has a guest lecturer, who is either a former cop or still a cop but is also a licensed lawyer too; to present the other side. But the cop agrees with the advice that you can only hurt yourself by talking to the police. One premise which is offered is the one where the person makes a statement to police but is mistaken and later is proven to be wrong about what he asserted. The prosecutor can then charge that person with making a false statement. Do you think that you might be a bit agitated after experiencing a life and death struggle where you had to shoot someone to survive? Do you think you might not be thinking clearly? Do you think you might be better off taking time to speak with a lawyer and have that lawyer speak for you? __________________ NRA Life Member - Orange Gunsite Member - NRA Certified Pistol Instructor "When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves in the course of time a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that justifies it." Frederic Bastiat