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...presents... Don't Talk to Cops
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by Robert W. Zeuner
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__//////\ -cDc- CULT OF THE DEAD COW -cDc- /\\\\\\__
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Est. 1984 \\\\\\/ cDc paramedia: text #332-08/01/1997 \////// Est. 1984
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|__heal_the_sick__raise_the_dead__cleanse_the_lepers__cast_out_demons__|
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"GOOD MORNING! My name is Investigator Holmes. Do you mind answering a
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few simple questions?" If you open your door one day and are greeted with
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those words, stop and think! Whether it is the local police or the FBI at
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your door, you have certain legal rights of which you ought to be aware
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before you proceed any further.
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In the first place, when the law enforcement authorities come to see
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you, there are no "simple questions." Unless they are investigating a
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traffic accident, you can be sure that they want information about somebody.
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And that somebody may be you!
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Rule Number One to remember when confronted by the authorities is that
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there is no law which requires you to talk with the police, the FBI, or the
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representative of any other investigative agency. Even the simplest
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questions may be loaded and the seemingly harmless bits of information which
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you volunteer may later become vital links in a chain of circumstantial
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evidence against you or a friend.
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Do not invite the investigator into your home! Such an invitation not
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only gives him the opportunity to look around for clues to your lifestyle,
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friends, reading material, etc., but also tends to prolong the conversation.
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And the longer the conversation, the more chance there is for a skilled
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investigator to find out what he wants to know.
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Many times a police officer will ask you to accompany him to the police
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station to answer a few questions. In that case, simply thank him for the
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invitation and indicate that you are not disposed to accept it at that time.
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Often the authorities simply want to photograph a person for identification
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purposes, a procedure which is easily accomplished by placing him in a
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private room with a two-way mirror at the station, asking him a few innocent
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questions, and then releasing him.
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If the investigator becomes angry at your failure to cooperate and
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threatens you with arrest, stand firm. He cannot legally place you under
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arrest or enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge. If he
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indicates that he has such a warrant, ask to see it. A person under arrest
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or located on premises to be searched, generally must be shown a warrant if
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he requests it and must be given a chance to read it.
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Without a warrant, an officer depends solely upon your helpfulness to
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obtain the information he wants. So, unless you are quite sure of yourself,
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don't be helpful.
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Probably the wisest approach to take to a persistent investigator is
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simply to say: "I'm quite busy now. If you have any questions that you feel
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I can answer, I'd be happy to listen to them in my lawyer's office.
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Goodbye!"
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Talk is cheap. But when that talk involves the law enforcement
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authorities, it may cost you, or someone close to you, dearly.
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`-' the original e-zine `-' _
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\__/ ) / Copyright (c) 1997 cDc communications and the author. \ ) \)(/
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(_/ CULT OF THE DEAD COW is a registered trademark of oooO
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cDc communications, PO Box 53011, Lubbock, TX, 79453, USA. _
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\ ( \__/ Save yourself! Go outside! Do something! \)(/ ( /
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\_) xXx BOW to the COW xXx Oooo
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