San Francisco, CA criminal defense lawyer Jeremy D. Blank the first and most important of his 10 rules in dealing with police.
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well on my website I’ve got my five
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rules for dealing with the police and I
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wish everyone who got arrested could go
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to my website before they get arrest or
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arrested because afterwards it’s a
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little too late but rule number one is
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exactly what you’d expect it to be don’t
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talk to the police the FBI the SEC any
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representative of the government calls
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you in an accusatorial position do not
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talk to them it’s a natural tendency for
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people to think that they can talk their
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way out of problems with people in
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authority like your teachers or parents
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but police are highly trained in or in
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ways to get information out of you
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they’re permitted to lie to you and
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they’re highly motivated to get
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information from you because then they
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don’t have to get that information
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through traditional police work everyone
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wants to explain themselves it’s a very
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natural instinct but if you have
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information that you think you want the
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police to have there’s no harm in
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sitting back saying I want to talk to my
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lawyer
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waiting for your lawyer to arrive and
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then letting your lawyer evaluate the
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information you’d like to give them to
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the police take a critical eye at it ask
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some ask some pertinent questions and
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then provide it to the police but any
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criminal defense lawyer will tell you
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the same thing rule number one is do not
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talk to the police I’ve had hundreds of
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good criminal cases turn into very bad
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criminal cases in the space of fifteen
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or thirty seconds where my client felt
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the need to try to explain themselves
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