Jurisdiction matters for sure, and the best advice of all is to stay out of bad jurisdictions and bad situations. But saying nothing and immediately demanding a lawyer makes you look guilty even to the fairest investigator. Suarez points out that victim, witness, or suspect are the only three designations available to the investigating o…
Jurisdiction matters for sure, and the best advice of all is to stay out of bad jurisdictions and bad situations. But saying nothing and immediately demanding a lawyer makes you look guilty even to the fairest investigator. Suarez points out that victim, witness, or suspect are the only three designations available to the investigating officer, and you're going to be marked down as one of those, so there's always an element of PR to consider. Officer might be overruled later by a woke demon prosecutor, but it still seems best to get off to a good start.
I'm going to respectfully disagree. If you watch the video you'll see even the police investigator says don't talk to him. Exercising your First Amendment right is the absolute smartest play you can make if you're ever contacted by police. If you put more value and belief into Suarez's presentation then by all means, be chatty. I, for one, put more value on the law professor and veteran police investigator's presentation. And won't be chatty. They can make any kind of presumption or assumption about me they want, but it won't be through my own voice. Though social media posts, like this (yes, Substack is social media) they may be able to paint a picture with my voice. But that will be the only way. And that's more defensible than being chatty with an investigator investigating.
Jurisdiction matters for sure, and the best advice of all is to stay out of bad jurisdictions and bad situations. But saying nothing and immediately demanding a lawyer makes you look guilty even to the fairest investigator. Suarez points out that victim, witness, or suspect are the only three designations available to the investigating officer, and you're going to be marked down as one of those, so there's always an element of PR to consider. Officer might be overruled later by a woke demon prosecutor, but it still seems best to get off to a good start.
I'm going to respectfully disagree. If you watch the video you'll see even the police investigator says don't talk to him. Exercising your First Amendment right is the absolute smartest play you can make if you're ever contacted by police. If you put more value and belief into Suarez's presentation then by all means, be chatty. I, for one, put more value on the law professor and veteran police investigator's presentation. And won't be chatty. They can make any kind of presumption or assumption about me they want, but it won't be through my own voice. Though social media posts, like this (yes, Substack is social media) they may be able to paint a picture with my voice. But that will be the only way. And that's more defensible than being chatty with an investigator investigating.