“Don’t talk to the cops.” Some protest types—especially the anarchists—love to say it. Other folks think the line is juvenile and obstructionist. But a colleague forwarded me this classroom presentation by a law professor, followed by a longtime police detective, about whether you should invoke the 5th amendment whenever possible. (Or, as someone said to me while working on this story: “Never miss a chance to shut the fuck up. You give me four complete sentences from an innocent man, and I’ll give you a conviction.”)
It’s an entertaining and informative—and surprising—exchange:
(For a taste of the band Don’t Talk to the Cops, featuring longtime Stranger hiphop columnist Larry Mizell, Jr., see here!)
