I'd like to see a comprehensive breakdown of exactly what you should do in real situations when approached by cops.
I just read a very helpful book about that, Arrest-Proof Yourself: An Ex-Cop Reveals How Easy It Is for Anyone to Get Arrested, How Even a Single Arrest Could Ruin Your Life, and What to Do If the Police Get in Your Face by R. Dale Carson,
which was recommended in another thread by another HN participant. Hat tip to him. The book is very interesting and practical. (I am a lawyer and used to be a judicial clerk, but I learned new facts from the book.)
The police are trained so when a truck starts ramming against a police vehicle without stopping, they make it stop. When the police officer’s life could pretty much be in danger, they’ll kill you. Duh.
The problem is, saying anything may cause you a world of hurt (e.g., obviously since you know so much you were the one who set the bear free) and will bring you absolutely no benefits, whereas saying nothing carefully is safe.
I just read a very helpful book about that, Arrest-Proof Yourself: An Ex-Cop Reveals How Easy It Is for Anyone to Get Arrested, How Even a Single Arrest Could Ruin Your Life, and What to Do If the Police Get in Your Face by R. Dale Carson,
http://www.amazon.com/Arrest-Proof-Yourself-Ex-Cop-Reveals-A...
which was recommended in another thread by another HN participant. Hat tip to him. The book is very interesting and practical. (I am a lawyer and used to be a judicial clerk, but I learned new facts from the book.)
BTW: http://www.amazon.com/Arrest-Proof-Yourself-Ex-Cop-Reveals-A...
Yes, there is that minor detail of your conscience, but then again, in a society that's so dangerously crazy, that allows the police-judicial complex so much freedom to harm so many innocents, or harmless or most-harmless "clueless" (as used in http://www.amazon.com/Arrest-Proof-Yourself-Ex-Cop-Reveals-A...), just how much duty do you owe to those who are not kin or close friends? Given the possible consequences of using my guns in defense of others, no matter how legitimately or legally, I've had to make this decision ahead of time, and it has to be that limited.
As the government gets ever more predatory, I suspect we're getting an education in why various more "primitive" societies are that way, why family, clan and tribe are so very important in them.