[QUOTE=TodaysNooner;4786929]I'd seen it before, and I watched it again. If you start talking, they will get all the info they want / need out of you and you will be busted.
However, if you don't start talking, you might still get the "ride". The ride is when the angry cops take you anyway (including car impound, public pics, wife notify, court date) - even though they know the charges are not likely to stick. If it were just a matter of paying a fine and nobody finds out, like a speeding ticket, that would be very different and they know it.
The fact is, they did witness you leaving a suspected bawdy place, that alone is enough cause to detain you and they witnessed your car, so it can be impounded. Seriously, the SW crowd knows that just making a couple of you-turns on a known SW street is enough to get stopped.
Next, if at the start of their interview, one were to clam up and stick to repeating the line: "I really want to help you officers, but I need to speak with my lawyer first. " I imagine that is exactly what will happen, you get "the ride" - go downtown to an interview room there and then at some point you are speaking with a lawyer about your options. Maybe they never did officially "arrest and process", or they did and they have a weak case, but you have a big mess at that point.
Can anyone confirm?[/QUOTE]I would love to hear from a lawyer because I have some questions. I get that they are going to stop you because you are coming out of a bawdy place. However, if they take you for a ride then are they arresting you? I've always heard that you should ask am I being arrested or am I free to go. If they do take down town you can still shut up and not say a word. I wonder how many cops would go to the pain of of driving you down town just to let you go. I would like to hear anyone's experience about being stopped after coming out of a bawdy place be it a house, hotel or AMP.
