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Originally Posted by ratbastid
I believe you. What I don't understand is why you allow them to search your car without probable cause. You don't know your rights, and you're letting them manipulate you because of it. You're protected from this sort of thing by no lesser power than the Constitution of the United States.
(Edit: I assume you ARE in the United States? If not, never mind!)
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That's true, but not the biggest danger in my opinion.
The biggest danger is if you're ever arrested on suspicion of a crime. It's legal for the cops to lie their asses off to you.
The very first thing they'll do is separate you from any friends you were with. The second thing they will do is tell you that your friend(s) just blamed whatever occurred entirely on you.
The third thing they will do is try to get you to sign a statement that it was your friend that did everything. Of course, they're trying to get your friend to do the same to you.
Naturally, according to them, the only way you have a chance of not spending the rest of your life in jail is if you do what they say, and under no circumstances should you consult with a lawyer.
This is not spoken from personal experience, but I saw the actual tapes of the interrogation the Escondido cops did to the brother of a murdered girl, Stephanie Crowe.
Most of the criminals in that case had badges.