re: #35 Sc0rp

Greetings, hatchling.

k, here’s the thing. He was inside of a building of some sort. Even though you can sit in public areas, the police or landlords can legally tell you to leave or move along, if you don’t, then you’re trespassing.

In a public area, he is a part of the public and any rules, posted or not, need to be enforced the same for everyone.

He should have just told the cops that he was waiting for his kids instead of getting into that whole speech about how he knows his rights blah blah. He has the right to remain silent. He should use that right. Not that I think he shouldn’t flex his rights. Just that talking to the police does no good at all. Answering police questions does no good. Trying to reason with them does no good. Informing them of the law, that they clearly don’t know, does no good. The police are not WORTH talking to. When I encounter a cop, I only communicate with them as little as humanly possible. They ask me a question? I stare at them. They make a snide comment? I stare at them. They ask if they can do something? I tell them that I do not consent. If I need something (like medicine, for instance) I’ll inform them but that’s it, I’m not getting into a deep philosophical conversation with a cop because their default mindset is that they are not fallible, which is stupid. Either they take the hint and F-off back where they came from or they decide to arrest me for a crime. If I’m at the jail, I hope they like me staring at them until I get my lawyer.

I don’t think he could have done anything differently and been assured of a different result. You could have ended up just like him with your plan of action, assuming you were also black.