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People try and talk their way out of it and dig a deeper hole. For example, what I imagined happening with that Briton arrested for carrying a garden trowel:

“But that tool is sharp, right?” “A bit” “If someone attacked you, would you stab them with it?” “Probably” “You’ve just admitted to carrying an offensive weapon. Accept this caution or we’ll escalate this further”

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lka1988@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
My first thought would be to just act stupid in that specific situation and straight up lie out of my ass:

“But that tool is sharp, right?”

“Nope”

“If someone attacked you, would you stab them with it?”

“Lol no”

Of course, this also has a high likelihood of backfiring

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- Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  This is why solicitors typically recommend you say “no comment”
  
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- Trainguyrom@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  “If someone attacked you, would you stab them with it?”
  
  I feel like my automatic response to that would be “that’s a really weird question to ask”
  
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Jankatarch@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I would start panicking as soon as they ask me to write down my name.

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