Quote:Also, a cop isn't compelled to tell you why you are under arrest or what you are being charged with at the time of arrest, so for your sake don't go mouthing off to a cop that he can't arrest you until he tells you. That's called resisting arrest and may escalate to you getting forcefully cuffed, at which point you will file a false civil rights lawsuit and waste tax payer money.

I'm not that stupid. Again, I'm not one of those YouTube clowns that tapes officers coming and going from HQ, records other people's traffic stops or does anything else to make cops uncomfortable. I know my rights, I hold to them, and that's that. If an officer tells me I'm being detained, I'm going to want to know why. If an officer tells me that I'm under arrest, I'm not going to argue about it. I'd sit down, shut up and wait for a lawyer before opening my mouth again. I would never rule out filing a civil rights lawsuit if I were to be falsely arrested, but I'm certainly not going to undermine my own case by resisting and removing the "falsely" part of that phrase.

 

If black men and cops were truly treated the same after killing someone, there would be a lot more cops in jail.

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