BUSTED: The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters

Name: BUSTED: The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters
Uploaded: 2006-11-30T22:51:23Z
Duration: 2723 s
Description: A 45-minute Flex Your Rights documentary on how to deal with police in three situations: traffic stops, encounters at home, and on the street. It presents practical advice on asserting constitutional rights and refusing searches.

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4.1M views · Nov 30, 2006 · 45:23 · 2 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2010–2014

A 45-minute Flex Your Rights documentary on how to deal with police in three situations: traffic stops, encounters at home, and on the street. It presents practical advice on asserting constitutional rights and refusing searches.

Why Hacker News points people here: Recommended as a practical guide to knowing your rights during police encounters, alongside the well-known advice to not talk to the cops.

“Excellent 45 minute ACLU documentary on how to interact with police in three situations: traffic stop, in your house, and on foot.”HN comment, 2010

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Strongly recommendsedjMay 2010

“Excellent 45 minute ACLU documentary on how to interact with police in three situations: traffic stop, in your house, and on foot.”

45-minute guide to handling traffic stops, home visits and street encounters with police.

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Excellent 45 minute ACLU documentary on how to interact with police in three situations: traffic stop, in your house, and on foot. BUSTED: The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters this video tldr: -say as little as possible. -be courteous and don't argue or complain. -memorize the phrase "I do not consent to any searches." -do not invite police in your house.

RecommendscoldpieMay 2013

“Some excellent advice from the previous director of the ACLU”

Practical advice for surviving police encounters.

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No disagreement here. Sometimes you're forced into dangerous situations and must make the best of it. Some excellent advice from the previous director of the ACLU: BUSTED: The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters this video

Cites itlolwutfJan 2014

Supports refusing police access to devices.

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Please, people: DO NOT ALLOW THE AUTHORITIES FREE ACCESS TO YOUR DEVICES TO PROVE INNOCENCE! Conceding to law enforcement this way only motivates them to promote policy that allows for further rights violations. See: this video