<story><title>It’s time for police to stop lying to suspects</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/opinion/false-confessions-police-interrogation.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>wonder_er</author><text>Asking police to stop lying to suspects belies an expectation for police to act contrary to human nature for _many well known reasons_.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s less of a problem that police lie if everyone adopts the very clear advice given by every legal professional:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Never, ever, talk to police.*&lt;p&gt;* You can give them your name, and if they ask &amp;quot;what are you doing&amp;quot;, a tolerable answer, but any further questions are to be met with &amp;quot;I have been advised to never speak with police, and I can answer no further questions.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#x27;s an entertaining lecture on the topic, for anyone not convinced: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE&amp;amp;t=11s&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE&amp;amp;t=11s&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;And he wrote a very short (single-sitting) book titled: &amp;quot;You Have The Right To Remain Innocent&amp;quot;: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;You-Have-Right-Remain-Innocent-ebook&amp;#x2F;dp&amp;#x2F;B01DAD218W&amp;#x2F;ref=sr_1_1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;You-Have-Right-Remain-Innocent-ebook&amp;#x2F;...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do. Not. Talk. To. Police. They are not your friend.&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;#x27;re reading this and about to hit the &amp;quot;reply&amp;quot; button explaining why I am wrong, will you please, please say in that comment if you watched _any_ of the lecture by Regent Law Professor James Duane?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>syops</author><text>The problem with &lt;i&gt;never talk to the police&lt;/i&gt; is that they can mess with you more or less with impunity.  They can beat you and not worry about retribution from the judicial system.  They can arrest you in which the only charge is resisting arrest.&lt;p&gt;Even if you are treated humanely when you refuse to talk to the police there is the very real possibility they will investigate your life.  Given that there are civil liberties lawyers who claim that everyone commits felonies on a regular basis does one really want a big investigation into their life [1]?&lt;p&gt;The power of the state to mess up your life is such that this advice might not be applicable if the cop you are dealing with is a jerk.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ulrichboser.com&amp;#x2F;how-many-felonies-did-you-commit-today-an-interview-with-harvey-silverglate&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;ulrichboser.com&amp;#x2F;how-many-felonies-did-you-commit-toda...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>It’s time for police to stop lying to suspects</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/29/opinion/false-confessions-police-interrogation.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>wonder_er</author><text>Asking police to stop lying to suspects belies an expectation for police to act contrary to human nature for _many well known reasons_.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s less of a problem that police lie if everyone adopts the very clear advice given by every legal professional:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Never, ever, talk to police.*&lt;p&gt;* You can give them your name, and if they ask &amp;quot;what are you doing&amp;quot;, a tolerable answer, but any further questions are to be met with &amp;quot;I have been advised to never speak with police, and I can answer no further questions.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Here&amp;#x27;s an entertaining lecture on the topic, for anyone not convinced: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE&amp;amp;t=11s&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE&amp;amp;t=11s&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;And he wrote a very short (single-sitting) book titled: &amp;quot;You Have The Right To Remain Innocent&amp;quot;: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;You-Have-Right-Remain-Innocent-ebook&amp;#x2F;dp&amp;#x2F;B01DAD218W&amp;#x2F;ref=sr_1_1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;You-Have-Right-Remain-Innocent-ebook&amp;#x2F;...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do. Not. Talk. To. Police. They are not your friend.&lt;p&gt;If you&amp;#x27;re reading this and about to hit the &amp;quot;reply&amp;quot; button explaining why I am wrong, will you please, please say in that comment if you watched _any_ of the lecture by Regent Law Professor James Duane?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>danShumway</author><text>&amp;gt; belies an expectation for police to act contrary to human nature&lt;p&gt;But it&amp;#x27;s illegal in multiple situations for me to lie to them. Is that an expectation for me to act contrary to human behavior? I think that what people are asking is just that the standards be applied in both directions.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; Do. Not. Talk. To. Police.&lt;p&gt;Agreed on that point, and yes, I have watched some (but not all) of James Duane&amp;#x27;s stuff.</text></comment>