If you don’t have time to watch all of this excellent video from flexyourrights.org that premiered at Cato a few days ago, then here’s my summary:
1. Obey, be respectful (“lick boots”), or you may be tazed. (14:00)
2. Remain silent, but lick boots. (16:00)
3. Memorize and use this line: “I don’t consent to searches.” (17:50, and 18:35 is hilarious)
4. Police lie, especially to trick you into consenting to searches. Don’t believe them. (19:28)
5. Memorize and use this line: “Are you detaining me, or am I free to go?” But lick their boots. (20:00)
6. These things are mostly avoidable: don’t expose yourself. (23:52)
7. Don’t run, lick boots. (26:50)
8. Never touch a cop, lick boots. (28:00)
un-numbered but good: “I’m going to remain silent. I’d like to see a lawyer.” (28:55)
9. Police misconduct: remember everything and hopefully someone’s filming it. (33:05)
10. Don’t let the police into your home. (39:22)
un-numbered but good: “I can’t let you in without a warrant.” (40:40)
With a BS and MS in chemical engineering, Gil has worked in the engineering and construction business since 1994 as a process engineer, project engineer, and project manager. He is Head of Engineering at a clean fuels company. He ran for US Congress in 2000 and 2002 on the Libertarian Party ticket. He has studied and published on subscription patrol and restitution and has intentions to start such a company. He has written for lewrockwell.com, mises.org, strike-the-root.com, and anti-state.com.
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Great advice, Gil. Cato had some other good material on the police the other day, as I noted in “How to Deal with Police” featuring William ‘Billy’ Murphy.
Thanks for posting this. It shows why, more than ever, we need private patrol and restitution.
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April 1, 2010