sounds to me like you need to learn how to deal with cops, youtube comes in handy for this. here are a few simple rules.
1. FILM AND RECORD EVERYTHING AND EVERY WORD. if it comes down to your word against theirs, they will always win unless you have video proof. They say a picture is worth 1000 words, so a video might be a dictionary.
2. NEVER step out of your home, different laws apply when you do, you are king of your castle.
3. NEVER NEVER NEVER ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. do not attempt to do this without your lawyer in attendance. you have the 5th amendment right to silence. that is your best course of action. STFU.
4. make sure you tell the cop your recording him. his attitude will immediatly change, cops are scared of video.
5. NEVER NEVER NEVER invite them inside your home. different laws apply here too.
6. Did i mention to STFU? dont make any statements, none at all, dont give them ANY lame *** excuses, or stories. Silence is your best weapon. Cops dont need to mirandize you to use what you say in a court of law. any stupid lame *** statement you utter is admissible. But you cannot use what the cop says in your defense, this is a well established procedure.
7. Be aware that a cop has the ability to lie to you during the course of an investigation, so says the supreme court. they do NOT have to tell you the truth and very rarely do, they are not lawyers and they dont have to give out truthful legal advice. They can and will lie like a common thug as most of them are anyways.
8. If they start to beat you with batons, do not resist, just try to get your head under his cruiser, so he cannot kill you by striking you in the head. and make sure you already had the video and audio recording, DO NOT SHUT IT OFF NO MATTER WHAT THE COP SAYS. PHOTOGRAPHY IS NOT A CRIME.
9. ID laws differ from state to state, when they ask for your ID, in some cases you do NOT have to provide it, i wont go into this here, but your better off just handing them your ID.
10. If a cop asks you if you mind if he searches, you are free to say no, if he asks, then chances are he doesnt have any probable cause to search you or your vehicle. he gets promoted and gets raises based on his felony arrests, his line of questioning is geared to get you to stumble over your words, and its geared to give him probable cause for the search and detainment. ASK IF YOUR BEING DETAINED AND FOR WHAT SPECIFIC CRIME. then ask if your free to go, if he refuses to answer, keep asking if your free to go, once he says yes, then you may leave. that means this encounter was completely consensual. if your free to go, then GTFO of there. Those are the only words i ever speak to a cop, "officer, am i free to go or am i being detained for a specific crime? and if so? what specific crime do you suspect me of committing? this is where the cop will tip his hand, if he has nothing, he'll start to hedge and lie. but if you get him on video refusing to answer, then your lawyer can get it dismissed.
11. LAST BUT NOT LEAST keep your mouth shut. your lawyer cannot unscrew what you do with your mouth, remember the cops have recordings of this entire encounter, and so should you just in case theirs comes up missing, which happens more times than you would imagine.
12. Cops can and will lie, they will lie on their reports, and they will lie for each other in court. GET VIDEO.
13. Photography is NOT a crime, people in public have NO expectation of privacy. This was ruled on by the supreme court, it was a case involving an illinois cop that arrested a man for video taping him during his own traffic stop. he was arrested for wiretapping. The court ruled in the citizens favor. I'm going to state that one more time. IF YOU ARE IN PUBLIC YOU HAVE NO EXPECTATIONS OF PRIVACY.
Do NOT expect a cop to say these things to you, because it just makes his job harder. It's your responsibility to educate your self about law and jurisprudence.
My father was a FTO for years, (thats field training officer) his job was to weed out the ones that werent "Team Players" as he put it, what he meant, was he fires the ones he feels wont lie to cover up his ********. honest cops are weeded out from the very beginning by the FTO.
When a cop is accused of a crime, he clams up so tight you couldnt open his face with a crowbar, he shows up to the deposition not only with his lawyer mouthpiece, but he also brings his union rep with him. HE DOESNT SPEAK A SINGLE SOLITARY WORD. And you shouldnt either.
Do NOT speak to them other than to identify, and, there are certain cases in which you dont have to provide ID, you might want to google "Terry Stop" dont give them anything, they wont give you anything. and no one is perfectly clean all the time. you could have a warrant for an unpaid seat belt ticket, or he might say "you smell like weed" or how about the good old "I saw him reaching into his waistband".
here is the best video demonstration of this i have ever seen in my life, this is my friend Kenny Suitter, NOT ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS WHEN A COP CAME TO HIS DOOR. check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54UKzeyg_Go
The best way to handle this, is to go to a defense lawyers office and grab up a few of his business cards from his secretary. you dont have to put him on retainer, just grab the cards. THAT IS WHAT YOU HAND THE COP WHEN HE ASKS HIS FIRST QUESTION. and you STFU. you dont say a word.
Cops work under the assumption that your scared of them, that you fear jail. for me....THIS IS SIMPLY NOT THE CASE. Been there hundreds of times, its just boring. call your wife have her come bail you out before the ink is dry on the cops report, that pisses them off worse than anything to see your already back out flying your quad.
I come from a family with a long and sordid history of law enforcement involvement, my parents were cops, my brother, my aunts, and uncles, my cousin just took a 9mm thru the leg by a gang member, he was back to work in 3 days. I helped them all thru the academy, I KNOW WHAT THE LAW SAYS. and iv'e seen every single dirty *** trick they play.
Oh and if your in Seattle or Albequerque, or Austin, its just best not to cross paths with them, they will shoot and kill you. Or beat you to death and say he resisted.
