Posted on 12/15/2009 11:00:25 AM PST by sodpoodle
Frankly I don’t believe even you are stupid enough to follow your own advice.
You, an innocent person, come home and discover your child is missing amid indications of possible foul play.
I bet you IMMEDIATELY call the police.
I bet the first thing you do upon discovering your child is missing is NOT thumb through the yellow pages looking for lawyers to interview.
Yes, there are circumstances in which it makes sense for an innocent person not to talk to police without first obtaining legal advice. You are applying the “don’t talk to police” advice to circumstances in which it doesn’t make sense.
Let’s say you see a street thug kill a passerby and take his wallet, and then go running off in a certain direction.
Moments later a police officer pulls up and asks you if you saw which way the killer went.
Do you tell the police officer “I will not talk to you until after consulting an attorney?”
Only a selfish p.o.s. would not talk to the police in that circumstance.
there are other whole groups i try to stay away from too,
lawyers, bankers and new or used auto sales folk too
Insurance salesman oh yeah and specially govt employeeeeees.
However, he did post the video link in POST 3, which backs up, in detail, his points.
The “professionals” to which he refers are of those represented in the video.
Watch it.
You, sir, are anonymous and therefore we have no idea about your credentials (other than attempting to boil reality down into a liberal/conservative distinction).
The video of the law professor is not anonymous and the law enforcement investigator, who agrees, is not anonymous... :-) And they're both commenting professionally, from their own fields of work.
Oh..., and the Bill of Rights is not "anonymous" either... LOL...
Agreed... you’re life will be much better for it... :-)
I bet the first thing you do upon discovering your child is missing is NOT thumb through the yellow pages looking for lawyers to interview.
No..., you line that up ahead of time, like a good citizen and one who plans ahead -- if one is smart, that is... :-)
If you look into these things, such as your Constitutional rights, you'll find out that it pays to know these things ahead of time and not try to do your "studying up" of them when something happens... LOL...
You'll have the name and number on speed-dial, already... :-)
Are you really saying that if your wife, the person you have loved for possibly many years goes missing, that you wouldn’t talk to the police about it? Would you even report her disappearance to the police? Or would you hire an attorney to do that for you too? Seriesly?
Are you really saying that if your wife, the person you have loved for possibly many years goes missing, that you wouldn’t talk to the police about it? Would you even report her disappearance to the police? Or would you hire an attorney to do that for you too? Seriesly?
The rule is to never talk to the police under any circumstances. That's the advice that any attorney who is competent is going to give you. But, when he's there, he'll also allow you to talk (or not) according to his advice. That's why you have an attorney -- if you need one.
And if it involves the police, you need one -- or else -- do not ever talk to the police.
No matter what an "non-professional" thinks... it's still the professional's advice (i.e., a lawyer protecting your rights, and also, you see the agreement from the professional police investigator that this is true) -- to never talk to the police.
If you are smart, you'll follow your own attorney's advice.
Let's hope you're smart enough to follow your attorney's advice.
I am 100% certain that in the circumstance I posited about the fleeing killer, that you, Star Traveler, would immediately tell the cop which direction the killer fled, and would NOT say, “Just hold on there a minute, officer, until I can get my attorney on my cell phone speed-dial.”
Well, I guess if you’re 100% certain, then there’s nothing I can do to dissuade you from that opinion... LOL...
If the missing woman was my sister. I would take over this ‘investigation’, and shove the Constitution down his throat personally. But that’s just me.
Whoa! I know James Duane, having gone to Regent. He’s a very good man. Lots of respect for him....
If the missing woman was my sister. I would take over this ‘investigation’, and shove the Constitution down his throat personally. But that’s just me.
And that's why citizens have Constitutional rights, in order to protect them from ideas like that... LOL...
Does he always talk that fast... ? :-)
We are beginning to deal with hypotheticals that are not *missing family member* scenarios. However,this discussion and the video of the 5th Amendment protection are sobering lessons which, I pray, none of us will ever need.
Best pre-nuptial agreement:
If you or your spouse find your marriage unbearable - leave with grace and decency. Never ever, leave in such a way as to cause this type of grief and suspicion.
That is why I find it so hard to believe a mother of small children would have left the home without her infants, purse, cell phone & running to her parents for help.
You would be surprised at how quickly cooperation ends.
He: My wife has been missing since three o’clock, you have to help me find her.
Police: Okay, why did you kill her and where did you put her body?
He: What!? I didn’t kill her! She is missing! Find her!
Police: Did you kill her after an argument? Did she have a big insurance policy? Are you fooling around with some other woman?
He: What!? Are you insane? Why aren’t you looking for my wife?
Police: We will, as soon as you tell us where she is.
He: I need a lawyer.
Police: Oh, so you *did* kill her, huh?
(Later, to the media) Police: The husband is not cooperating with our investigation. However, he has made several incriminating statements of denial.
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