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<blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">Horseleech</strong> said:</div><div>I've probably been hassled by the cops at least as much, if not more, than anyone here.<br />
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	For years I had hair past my shoulders and drove a graffiti-covered VW camper, I was pulled over and checked out dozens of times, many of them in small rural towns. Add to that the fact that I lived for years as one of the few white people living on avenue C/D in the East Village (in the late 80's), where I was regularly put up against the wall while walking to and from my apartment. In all, I'm easily talking 40 or more incidents, including one where I was surrounded by FBI agents with their guns out. <br />
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	Every time I was respectful and forthcoming, but firm in my rights. If you are clear and can speak your position there will seldom be a problem. I was never arrested, beaten or abused in any other way than the occasional search (which I was always prepared for). I knew that I looked out of place and like a freak to many people and accepted that as the price to live my life how I wanted. <br />
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	If I had clammed up like some here are suggesting there is no doubt that I would have been taken in, roughed up and slapped with bogus charges, which don't always get dismissed. It's easy as hell for a cop to frame you if they want - why give them a reason to?.<br />
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	Every single cop out there will interpret clamming up as = to guilty of something.<br />
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	Sorry, but this is terrible advice that would only be given by people who don't know how to deal with authority.</div></blockquote>
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	I wouldn't necessarily advise not cooperating BEFORE an arrest, but once you're arrested, fuck it.  Shut up until your lawyer gets there.<br />
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	And of course it's always stupid to be openly disrespectful to a cop who is just doing his job as he sees it, even if he's a prick who's just rousting a longhair or what have you.  It's a no-win situation, because the cop will always win.

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