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Resistance See other Resistance Articles Title: Police Tactics and Your Legal Rights. The Investigator's Dirty Tricks! This article will show you the tricks that federal, state and local investigators use to encourage you to give up your right to remain silent. It is intended to prepare you for their under-handed ways while stressing the importance of NOT talking to them or trying to deceive them. Do not communicate with ANY federal agents. (Or any law enforcement period.) To begin with, it is a federal crime to make a false statement to an FBI agent or other federal investigator. By talking, you may be digging your own grave, as a violation could be charged on the basis of two inconsistent statements spoken out of fear or forgetfulness. It is also very dangerous to try to outsmart them. They are trained to extract information out of people, and to trip people up who are lying to them. They have learned how to get people to talk by making them feel scared, guilty or impolite for not having a conversation. They exploit our trust, honesty and sensitive nature, to get information and further harass us. They would prefer you lie to them rather than not talk, so – stay strong and stay SILENT! Below is a list of the arsenal of perversions which investigators use against activists to get them to talk: • "Your friends have told us everything... why don't you just come clean?" (They will act as if your friends have already snitched on you, making you want to snitch on them in return. It's generally a lie – besides, even if that did happen, how does it benefit you to be a witness against yourself?" • "If you don't talk now, we will be back with a Subpoena." (Most of the time this is an empty threat. They approach you without a Subpoena because they DON'T have enough evidence against you to justify getting one from the courts. If you talk, they might get that needed evidence, so, it's in your best interests to stay quiet. Make them get a Subpoena. At least 90% of the time, they simply won't do it. But if they do, there are legal and political ways to challenge the Subpoena.) • "If you talk, we will go easy on you." (Law Enforcement will promise you the world to get you to talk. However, when they have people sign statements of guilt – notice they never write up and sign anything saying they will stay true to their promises. THEY LIE. Don't believe their promises.) • "We know everything you've done, and we have the evidence to prove it." (If this was the case, they would go ahead and charge you with the crime and convict you. Most of the time, it's a lie, but sometimes they will tell you about or will show you the 'evidence' they have against you. This 'evidence' will often have been illegally obtained – meaning it cannot be used in court. Or it consists of lies such as, "We found your prints on that glass" in hopes they are correct enough to scare you. They show and tell you of evidence, betting you will break down and confess everything. Because their illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in a court of law – your confession can. AND they will use that as the main evidence to convict you. The moral of the story is say nothing.) • "You seem to be an intelligent kid with a promising future. You don't want to destroy your life over this, do you?" (They act as if they are really concerned about your welfare and are just trying to help. But, for some odd reason, they can't help you unless you help them by talking. The truth is, they give a shit. This is merely another way to manipulate into talking." • "These extremists hurt your movement. They alienate people and make them angry. Help your cause by telling us who they are." (These extremists are winning so many victories that the repressive, status-quo loving government can't handle it and have sent their agents in to crush the extremists – be they illegal or legal. They are trying to use your own desire to help the cause against your fellow Comrades. This line rarely works among grass-roots militants who know how effective we are, but, it is another trick we should be aware of.) • "I support your goals, just not your (friend's) tactics" or "My daughter's a left-winger." (Again, they will try to act as if they support your cause, but they have to uphold the law – and can't you support a fellow traveler? If they really supported us, they would not harass those activists who work legally to change the system. Turning fellow warriors in helps no one.) • "If you are not guilty, then why don't you talk?" (This is one of their most used tactics. We all have the need to defend ourselves, especially when we know we are innocent. However, they will attack/dissect what you say, continually prying to get more and more information – and if you stop answering their questions because they get out of line, they will say, "A-ha. So now you don't want to talk?! It seems we've found a flaw in your story." Yet again, they will try to make you feel guilty and re-kindle your desire to vindicate yourself. Even if you are innocent, don't talk!! An activist's innocence has NEVER stopped the authorities from jailing or convicting them. Furthermore, the more you talk, the more likely you are to mention other people's names, leading the Police to more people they can question and harass.) • "Your 'supposed' friends are laughing at you. They manipulated you into doing these things and now you are going to take the fall while they get off scott free. They used you and now they are laughing at you." Investigators will try to pit you against real or imagined 'others' who they think you conspired with. They will add your alleged co-conspirators used and manipulated you, and then deserted you. Then, they will ask you WHY you are willing to protect such worthless scumbags who have been so abusive to you and don't care that you were caught and face years in Prison. They are working to create doubts in your mind about the other members of your affinity group while giving you reasons to justify informing on them. Again, this is pure manipulation on their part, so stay mute. Although, it is good to make sure your affinity group is made up of people you fully trust and respect, so that you could never believe such lies by the authorities.) Other tactics LE uses: • Repeatedly asking the same question over and over. Agents will ask the same question in different ways numerous times. This is how they can usually trip up those people who are trying to outsmart them. It also helps them glean more information from those telling the truth, but have been stingy with their answers. And sometimes, it simply wears down those who are not telling the truth, so finally they come clean. Don't ever think that investigators are going to ask you a few questions and let you go. The more you give, the more they take, and once you start, they will do whatever it takes to keep you talking. In short, SHUT UP. • Playing Good Cop/Bad Cop. This is their absolute oldest trick in the book. It allows one officer to use all of the tactics that are negative, like threats, while the other uses the positive scams, like threats. It allows them to use their full arsenal on you. Sometimes the Bad Cop acts so angry and unstable that you fear they will use physical violence against you. The Good Cop comes to your rescue, and ushers the Bad Cop out of the room to cool off. Next, the Good Cop warms up to you, and promises you a light sentence if you talk... although if you don't talk, he fears the Bad Cop will return and make good on his threats of violence. Just admit your guilt and it won't happen; you can avoid all that. Again, these are most often empty threats, but be prepared for the Good Cop/Bad Cop ruse. ______________ Brought to you as a public service by the Animal Liberation Front: Security, Protection, and Self Defense Walking through a Grand Jury TT says: BEWARE – In the Harris Decision, where Bill and Emily Harris (they were with Patty Hurst and the SLA in Los Angeles) tried to testify selectively to a Federal Grand Jury, a higher court ruled they could not do it and remain protected. TAKING THE FIFTH MEANS NO TALKING AT ALL!
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Add this to your list: The use of deadly force. Such as pointing loaded M-16's at you while you are unarmed. This all done without producing a warrant or court order.
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