J T wrote:Hazerd wrote:prfsnl_gmr wrote:That is actually great advice. I second it.
With this "Police State" thing being a big issue right now, i think more people need to know their rights with police around.
America is number one in incarceration.
Full news story :
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/30/busin ... .html?_r=0
This is true. We have, however, seen a precipitous drop in our crime rates during the past two decades; so, to a certain extent our incarceration policies are working.
I am not saying that the criminal justice system is perfect, and I certainly think that we punish a lot of non-violent offenders much too harshly. I am only pointing out that a lot of the 1980s and 1990s "get tough on crime" and "three strikes" policies have been incredibly effective at reducing criminality. A few years ago, I was shocked to learn that, in Charlotte, NC (a city with nearly a million residents), nearly 80% of the crimeas are committed by the same 400 or so repeat offenders. If a society can keep these sort of "career" criminals off the streets (i.e., in jail, in a mental health treatment facility, etc.), it will see a tremendous drop in its crime rates. I think that our current policies accomplish this imperfectly, but I think we should recognize their benefits.
. Legal system is rather screwed up so you are best of not resisting, but saying nothing or refusing to speak without an attorney present. Pretty much anything you say outside of that will get you screwed over. The idiots that fight back or cuss out cops just end up getting more charges piled against them 
