BUSTED: The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended as a practical guide to knowing your rights during police encounters, alongside the well-known advice to not talk to the cops.
What it is
A 45-minute Flex Your Rights documentary on how to deal with police in three situations: traffic stops, encounters at home, and on the street. It presents practical advice on asserting constitutional rights and refusing searches.
Recommended by 2 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2010 to 2014.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec edj · 2010-05 · on “Don't Talk to the Cops”
Excellent 45 minute ACLU documentary on how to interact with police in three situations: traffic stop, in your house, and on foot. BUSTED: The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters [this video] tldr: -say as little as possible. -be courteous and don't argue or complain. -memorize the phrase "I do not consent to any searches." -do not invite police in your house.
Recommends coldpie · 2013-05 · on “Bakersfield cops and CHP beat man to death while he begs for his life”
No disagreement here. Sometimes you're forced into dangerous situations and must make the best of it. Some excellent advice from the previous director of the ACLU: BUSTED: The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters [this video]
Cites lolwutf · 2014-01 · on “AMC movie theater calls FBI to arrest a Google Glass user”
Please, people: DO NOT ALLOW THE AUTHORITIES FREE ACCESS TO YOUR DEVICES TO PROVE INNOCENCE! Conceding to law enforcement this way only motivates them to promote policy that allows for further rights violations. See: [this video]