[QUOTE=Spaz2580;4248350]So the videos I've seen on youtube about what to say to cops is "am I free to go" "am I being detained" "I don't answer questions". These seem to work in those videos, but what about in real life. Would this work?
I agree, don't talk, even if you try to say something innocent like "just got a massage for my bad back". Thoughts??[/QUOTE]No, it doesn't work like that in real life. My source is trying it in real life, at an AMP bust that included multiple three letter agencies. You can say those things, and they will say back to you "well ok, but we need to verify everyone we found on scene and that might take a little while. So we can do all of that while you lean up against the police cruiser on the street with handcuffs on (in a neighborhood not far from my real life) and let everyone gets a good look at you, and we can decide that maybe we have some additional reasons to be suspicious so we want to take you down to the station as well just to make sure you aren't someone we think you might be. And then yeah, you are free to go and you certainly don't have to answer any questions. Or you can answer a couple of simple ones right now, you didn't do anything wrong so what's the harm?
They have ALL of the power in the situation. The main power you have is to be calm, compliant and honest to a fault without volunteering any information you don't want to volunteer. And interestingly, there is a lot they cannot force you to do. For instance, I had no I'd on me. They can't search me for it, they can't force me to provide one. For this reason I continue to make visits without ANY identifying cards or papers on me, I've even made sure to leave receipts at home. At the same time, would I lie about my name or anything? Absolutely not; don't lie. If you went in for a massage, you can say that. If you say it was for your bad back, but you don't have a bad back. You just lied. Don't lie.
One question does lead to another though; don't be a chatterbox. If you went for a massage, they will want to know where you saw an ad. They will want to know how often you visit. Should you say it's your first time? I don't know. Is that a lie? Don't lie. What if one of the girls inside confirms to them you are a regular and you just lied about how often you visit?
I don't know if any of that information helps.