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BUSTED: The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters

BUSTED: The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters on HackerTube: recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 separate months, 2010–2014.

Flex Your Rights

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A 45-minute Flex Your Rights documentary on how to deal with police in three situations: traffic stops, encounters at home, and on the street. It presents practical advice on asserting constitutional rights and refusing searches.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a practical guide to knowing your rights during police encounters, alongside the well-known advice to not talk to the cops.

people recommended it
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separate months
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strong recommendations
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discussed on HN
2010–2014
“Excellent 45 minute ACLU documentary on how to interact with police in three situations: traffic stop, in your house, and on foot.”
— edj, May 2010, in “Don't Talk to the Cops”

What HN commenters said

3 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.

edjMay 2010Strongly recommends

Excellent 45 minute ACLU documentary on how to interact with police in three situations: traffic stop, in your house, and on foot. BUSTED: The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters ▶ this video tldr: -say as little as possible. -be courteous and don't argue or complain. -memorize the phrase "I do not consent to any searches." -do not invite police in your house.

in “Don't Talk to the Cops” · View on HN

coldpieMay 2013Recommends

No disagreement here. Sometimes you're forced into dangerous situations and must make the best of it. Some excellent advice from the previous director of the ACLU: BUSTED: The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters ▶ this video

in “Bakersfield cops and CHP beat man to death while he begs for his life” · View on HN

lolwutfJan 2014Cites it

Please, people: DO NOT ALLOW THE AUTHORITIES FREE ACCESS TO YOUR DEVICES TO PROVE INNOCENCE! Conceding to law enforcement this way only motivates them to promote policy that allows for further rights violations. See: ▶ this video

in “AMC movie theater calls FBI to arrest a Google Glass user” · View on HN

Topics & tags

Law, policing & justiceFree speech, censorship & civil libertiespolicecivil rightstraffic stopssearcheslegal advice