How I Ended Up In Solitary After Calling 911 For Help

Re:How I Ended Up In Solitary After Calling 911 For Help by pessimizer on Thursday February 13, 2014 @11:10PM (#7236860)

Non-cooperation is just as likely to make a cop lose interest as cooperation. When you cooperate to the degree that you're obligated to, and decline where you're not, that can cause a cop who respects the law and knows that they have no cause to move on, and I've seen it happen often. It can also piss him/her off and make them decide to try to ruin your life. The more you speak to a cop, the more likely you are to say something that you'll regret. The only indication that talking will cause the cop to let you walk away is the gentle look in his eyes.

Thinking that you can control the situation is a mistake. If the result of this police contact results in a criminal charge, you may have saved yourself from the worst possible outcome (at the time) by being silent. You can't make a cop not beat you to death by talking.

Silence is simply a dominant strategy.

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Re:How I Ended Up In Solitary After Calling 911 For Help by jjoonathan on Friday February 14, 2014 @08:36AM (#7238370)

> Non-cooperation is just as likely to make a cop lose interest as cooperation.

If they're in a good mood today. Maybe.

> The more you speak to a cop, the more likely you are to say something that you'll regret.

Yes. My point was that staying completely silent makes it more likely you'll piss off the cop. You'll regret that, too.

> Thinking that you can control the situation is a mistake.

Right back at you.

> You can't make a cop not beat you to death by talking.

If you can make a cop beat you to death by (in their eyes) being obstinate, the difference is immaterial.

> Silence is simply a dominant strategy.

I still don't buy it, unless the cop is already antagonized or you suspect that a judge/jury will be involved before this is all over.

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