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Cop tasers bicyclist; runs him over.

1000 of you brainwashed lemmings can say the guy deserved it but it will not make it so. he was naked. so what? he could have been killed with that taser and if you disbelieve this, that too, will not make the truth any less valid. first the naked guy, then YOU. i also find it completely nonsensical that this world is taught to ooh and aah over naked babies when they come out the womb but then think that adult nakedness is a potential death offense. ok. so if that's not your argument, but compliance with a police officer is, then I guess the nazi germany SS would have had your compliance, too.

"This strikes me as the drug war equivalent of asking what a rape victim was wearing."

Seeded to Newsvine.

[Thanks LightChaser]

Your Rights During a Police Encounter in the U.S.

1. Rule #1 - Never talk to a police officer. Keep your mouth shut! (You never have to answer any questions a police officer may ask, except for your name, address and date of birth.)
2. Rule #2 - Never talk to a police officer. Keep your mouth shut! (How can you be charged with something if you haven't said anything?) Remember anything you say or do will be used against you.
3. Rule #3 - "Am I Free to Go?" As soon as a police officer ask you a question, ask the police officer, "Am I Free to Go?" If you are detained or arrested by a police officer, tell them that you are going to remain silent and that you would like to speak to a lawyer.
4. Rule #4 - Safety. Never bad-mouth a police officer. Stay calm and in control of your words, body language and your emotions. Always keep your hands where the police officer can see them. Don't run away and never touch a police officer!
5. Rule #5 - Refuse to Consent to Searches. Just say NO to searches! Remember if the police didn't need your permission, they wouldn't be asking you. Never give permission to a police officer to search you, your car or your home. If a police officer does search you, don't resist!
6. Rule #6 - Ask for a Supervisor. If all else fails and you feel the police officer is abusing your rights, ask him to call his "supervisor" to your location.

Someone said, "If you're not guilty of anything you're just wasting time" and I am unsure how this person meant it but it reminded me of people who say that if you are not guilty of anything, then answer the questions and cooperate with the cops. *These* people have clearly not tangled with rogue cops.

Do YOU know that in Amerika, a cop can lie to you in order to extrapolate some piece of information from you, that he can then twist it around and back upon you, but then if you lie, you can be charged with "obstruction of justice?" Which is ironic considering that when cops are using these methods, under the guise of justice is how they're pursuing the answer they seem to think is correct.

Just know that cops *can* lie and even more troubling is that it is NOT uncommon. In fact, I can think of two situations off the top of my head where I was only a witness and in the wrong place at the wrong time and even to ME, the police tried switching my words around; trying to make it look like I said A. ten minutes ago but now I was saying B. This is another common tactic.

If you are reading this and/or subsequently this page, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE that in the United States you do have certain rights. They may not be honored by the cops but when it comes time to Court or any other proceeding in which your life or right to pursue your life or happiness is up for grabs...that THIS is when it will count that you exercised your Constitutional Rights.

NEVER get interrogated or answer an interrogation w/o an attorney. BORROW the money, get a court appointed attorney...whatever. If you are NOT under arrest REFUSE to talk in the first place; guilt or innocence not important. Remember. A cop can never hold your silence against you, irrespective of what he says. [And remember they are allowed to lie.]

I seeded this on Newsvine.

This is disgusting and the clearest case of liberty violation I have seen in a long time. Plainclothes cops attacking a young girl from her own yard? Beating her her senseless. THEN, because she fought back - remember they were in plainclothes - they arrested her three weeks later.