You tell them you want your lawyer and you will not answer any questions until you see them. Your lawyer will tell you how to proceed.
If the police have nothing on you and wanted to fish something out of you, your lawyer will get you free. If the police have something against you and are pursuing further, your lawyer will inform you of what your options are. But generally, this is when you’re going to have to deal with this shit. It doesn’t matter if you did it or not at that point, but a lawyer will be your best bet to make it out on best grounds - whether that is get out free or with the smallest fine/sentence.
Just know:
- if the police has something on you, and you did it, its game over, a lawyer may help ease the price you pay
- if the police has something on you, and you didn’t do it, its an unfortunate situation, a lawyer may help ease the price you pay
- if the police has nothing on you, and you did it, though unethical, a lawyer will get you off free
- if the police has nothing on you, and you didn’t do it, a lawyer will get you off free
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I mean, it’s fun to believe there’s this One Neat Trick to avoid being wrongfully convicted. If you’re just smart enough, educated enough, and cool in the moment, you can outfox the police, the DA, and the judge using a proven formula laid out in the US Constitution.
But then you hear how these stories play out - cops outright lying to people they’re interviewing, DAs lying about what you’re being accused of, defense attorneys working with the prosecution, suspects being held for days or weeks without habeas corpus, suspects being threatened, suspects being tortured, suspects being lynched in their cells.
There’s no “winning move” absent having friends on the outside of the system willing and able to lobby on your behalf.
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
There might not be a winning move, but there are definitely losing moves, and not making them helps you… well, not lose.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Sure. When there’s no winning move, they’re all losing moves.
No. Not making them just changes the length of the game.
But also, if you’re being waterboarded, you don’t want the game to continue