Maggie's Farm

We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.

Our Recent Essays Behind the Front Page

Much Sorry with Delays
Birth, Death and All That Stuff in Between
How to Honor Labor Day, Every Day
My Yom Kippur Miracle (Repost from 2010)
Good intro to fly casting
Peach update, with pie
NYC update
Easy for you to say: To the elites on mass immigration
For NYC on 9/11, Sailors' Snug Harbor
Pickled Peaches
Water Shoes
Labor Costs in U.S.
Your "identity"
Good news about The Great Courses
Uses of Hot Pepper Jelly/Sauce, Chutneys, and Jams
A Saturday Drive to Litchfield County, CT
How to Pick a Kayak
Civilized: Fruit forks and knives
Loads of kayaking on Cape Cod
Psychology Experiments' Questionable Results

Categories


All categories

Quicksearch

Links

Blog Administration

Open login screen

RSS Readers

Add to Google

Subscribe with Bloglines

Monday, July 18. 2016

Never resist arrest

It is a risky plan. Let the police do what they have to do. And do not talk to them, innocent or not. Obey their commands - period. That's the deal.




Posted by The News Junkie in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 15:45 | Comments (7) | Trackbacks (0)

Trackbacks
Trackback specific URI for this entry

No Trackbacks

Comments
Display comments as (Linear | Threaded)

I mentioned this story before on this site but it bares repeating. My late wife died by a GSW to the chest by her own hand while my sons and I were away from the home. She suffered from extreme mental illness(s) for many years and was well know to the LEO community due to her many outbursts and anti-social behavior over the years.

Fast forward to when the responding officer and EMT rushed into my home - the officer grabbed me by the arm and gently led me out of the house away from my wife's shattered body and toward where my grade school aged sons were. He told me "we all know what happened here but the detectives will soon be here and will look at you as a suspect. Do not talk to them at all. AT ALL."

I didn't. They did indeed verbally push me all over and even involved my sons who were already inconsolable over the loss of their mother. I was shocked, furious, sad, sick, lightheaded, confused, and looking for a fight. I damn near gave it to them. The interrogation went on for an hour or two until the Chief arrived and sent the detectives packing. He also apologized and expressed his sympathies on the loss of my wife.

Nothing good would have come from me answering their questions.
#1 Tonypete on 2016-07-18 17:01 (Reply)
Good advice. When do you talk to a police officer about a crime?

NEVER!

See this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc
#1.1 B48 on 2016-07-18 23:02 (Reply)
Excellent video! Until I saw that, I had no idea how dangerous talking to a cop could be, especially if you are stone cold innocent.
#1.1.1 fiftyville on 2016-07-19 14:52 (Reply)
You will always lose in street court. Best to relax, go along until you can get in front of a supposedly, but at least not physically threatened, judge.
#2 JK Brown on 2016-07-18 20:45 (Reply)
As the saying goes, "You may beat the rap, but you can't beat the ride."
#2.1 Gringo on 2016-07-18 21:48 (Reply)
Reading these posts I feel like I've had "the talk."
#3 Estoy Listo on 2016-07-19 09:57 (Reply)
The few times I've been pulled over, or called them to come pick up a bike abandoned on my property, I've tried to be neighborly and conversational. But nowadays, I dunno. The LEOs probably haven't changed, but their working environment has for sure.
#4 BillH on 2016-07-19 10:04 (Reply)

Add Comment
(Your e-mail will not show in your comment)

By commenting on this site you agree to the site rules listed here. Email
addresses will not be displayed and will only be used for email notifications.

Quick reference guide: [i] italics [/i], [b] bold [/b], [u] underline [/u],
[url] (web address) [/url]. More tips here.

Enclosing asterisks marks text as bold (*word*), underscore are made via _word_.
E-Mail addresses will not be displayed and will only be used for E-Mail notifications.

To prevent automated Bots from commentspamming, please enter the string you see in the image below in the appropriate input box. Your comment will only be submitted if the strings match. Please ensure that your browser supports and accepts cookies, or your comment cannot be verified correctly.
CAPTCHA

BBCode format allowed
 
 
A Chris Southern Consulting website.