cops to judge: anyway the suspect was unhelpful the whole time, they didnt say anything, I’m pretty sure theyre guilty based on that.
Don’t say shit. Get a lawyer.
the cops will try shit like “Oh if you aren’t guilty why do you need a lawyer? only guilty people need lawyers.”
Its not true. Get a fuckin lawyer
Guys, guys, both the right to remain silent and the right to a lawyer HAVE TO BE INVOKED. Sitting silently is not considered an unambiguous invocation of the right since Berghius v. Thompkins in 2010 (while under arrest) and Salinas v Texas in 2013 (when not under arrest). There’s no magic words, but be clear, be explicit. Say something to the effect of “I am exercising my right to remain silent and I want to speak to an attorney” and then DON’T SAY ANYTHING ELSE (speaking up again, even to ask for a fsking drink, may indicate you are waiving the right until you once again invoke).
Say that and get a lawyer EVEN IF you know you broke the law and intend to plead guilty in court. Police make mistakes, police try to charge you with more than you actually did, and whether they’re fucking up honestly or deliberately being nefarious you need a professional on your side when dealing with them.
So today pulling into Stop and Shop, this lady cut me off and nearly drove into me, and then, when I tried to pass her, she swung to the right and nearly hit me again, and then flipped me off.
So somebody is having a bad day and taking it out on me. That’s fine. It’s harmless, and I don’t know what’s going on in this woman’s life. I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt she’s not just a piece of shit and is just having a bad day.
But then I park and she follows me, and gets out of the car and starts swearing at me and getting in my face.
Now I go from “indifferent” to “I’m gonna fuck with this woman’s head.” Now I would say I’m a gentleman of size, and in all black and bemohawked I probably look spookier than I actually am, so props to this lady for getting in my face. Now of course I’m not going to hit her, or even threaten violence. That’s shitty. Nobody should get threatened with violence.
Instead, I take a step back, narrowing my eyes like I’m studying her face really closely, and then I touch one of the several piece of “occulty” jewelry I’m wearing (none of which, by the way, are magicked in any way at all). Then I mumble some nonsense under my breath, and then make the fig gesture and the horns at her.
She stops, wide-eyed.
“WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST DO TO ME?”
I chuckled, and shake my head. “Nothing at all.” I say in a not-terrible convincing voice. “But every time something bad happens to you today, you’re gonna be thinking of me.”
If you add two pounds of sugar to literally one ton of concrete it will ruin the concrete and make it unable to set properly which is good to know if you wanna resist something being built, French anarchists used this to resist prison construction in the 80s
I’m just gonna go ahead and reblog this for purely educational purposes.
