More and more everyday you see on the news out of control cops abusing citizens. Cops think that everyone on the street is guilty until proven innocent, and their ways of proving you innocent; include stomping on your constitutional rights. Police officers often like to grab a hold of a situation by exerting dominance in every aspect; speech, tone of voice, body language, and overall appearance. For the average citizen this is very off-putting, their line of questioning is quick and intense and often leads to messing you up and making you look guilty of often times nothing. Once you are perceived to be guilty they will make you step out of the car and you know how it goes from there. The beat cop is the first step at putting an innocent man in jail, and often the nail in the coffin as his word trumps yours. How is it we live in a society where an obese under educated and under trained cop can tell anyone what is right and what is wrong? That is just how they treat the innocent, and all you have to do is watch cops to see how they treat the guilty. Often times it ends up with 18 obese cops piling on top of 1 relatively thin male. Then of course them telling him to stop resisting so they can add another charge, how many people do you know can move their arm with 18 people on their back? If you ask the regular Joe what rights you have when it comes with dealing with the police, you often times will hear just comply. The average Joe is not informed by really anyone that you can in essence just tell the police to fuck off. Why don’t you know? Simply because then they’d actually have to investigate instead of treating everyone like they are guilty and bending/breaking rules. I have compiled the following list of rights that you have when dealing with a police officer, state trooper, sheriff, or constable in the United States, list is subject to changes and is not meant to be taken as legal advice. 1. Miranda rights – According to the new supreme court ruling these are not required to be read to you, so if they are not you may still be in handcuffs later. However it is important to note that if you're arrested you may still remain silent as you have that right, you also may ask for your attorney. JUST SHUT UP 2. Right to search and seizure No cop has the right to search your car without asking first or probable cause has been determined. If he asks to search your car say no. If they have a warrant check it, SSN mistakes and name mistakes are common. If you last name is Johnson, a warrant for Johnsfield is bogus 3. You do not have to answer any questions a cop asks you; other than Name, Date of Birth, and Social Security Number. After that you can say I'd like to remain silent. 4. If you are truly innocent of a ticket or another violation; fight it often times they are just paid and never fought, if you fight it you can bring in all of your evidence against the officer to include his own lack of report filing and dash cam videos. 5. If you are arrested you have a right to know what for and how serious the charge. Remember this is by a street cop, if you are detained by a detective it can be up to 24 hours until they charge you. 6. Once you invoke your right to an attorney they cannot question you any further, if they do it is a 5th amendment right violation. 7. Some states take away state troopers power when they are off duty, they cannot detain you, cannot question you and cannot arrest you, be sure to check your local laws. The key to this is state troopers as legally they are only allowed to enforce laws on interstate highways. 8. If a cop asks you to step out of the car, ask why, you have a right to know why he wants you out of YOUR car. 9. If you feel he was improper with procedure file a complaint all you need is his last name and badge number. Cops do have to be friendly and courteous at all times as they represent your state/city. 10. If you have a concealed carry license and the cop asks you if you have any weapons, let him know you have a CCL and a CCW, for him to take it away from you he has to feel in danger, so be sure to hand him your license before your gun. Let him know what you are reaching for unless you like the taste of concrete. 11. Freedom of speech, you can tell a cop to go fuck himself or anything else as long as you are not threatening the officer. So saying I'm going to fucking kill you is what would land you in jail. The constitution trumps local laws. 12. Lastly remember that you are the person paying his salary, if you don’t like what he is doing no matter what it is, complain. The system never changes if you do not speak up. Cops get away with crimes and violations every day because of the lack of people speaking up and the unions. Don’t get into a fist fight with a cop as you will never win, you may beat him into a bloody lump on the concrete, but 30 of his pals are going to drop you. It is much more effective to battle him or her in court. The more strikes against that officer the harder it is for them to stay on the force. What you should take away from this is to use what you have; your brain. If you don’t like his/her questions don’t answer, if your innocent and arrested complain. Don’t lie down and take it because he has Police over his name and badge. source: http://flexyourrights.org/faq added by: Colin_McCabe
