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[quote=Anonymous][quote=FruminousBandersnatch]This YouTube video is a lecture by a law school professor on why you should never volunteer information to a police officer without the benefit of legal advice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGGXjlIxEgs

It's about 50 minutes long, but something everyone should watch. [/quote]

Another gem

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14470003

As a narcotics officer in West Texas, Cooper was a law enforcement star. That was partly due to his work ethic: Stopping 30 cars a day on the highways was routine for Cooper and his K-9 companion.  "We would pull over cars that had college bumper stickers, because we knew college kids often partied with marijuana," Cooper says. "We would pull over 'Vietnam Vet' plates, because a lot of our vets developed a habit over there."

"I feel bad about it," he admits. "I would look for Mexicans. I would look for black people. It works."

When Cooper was invited to train other police departments, he made a game of it. After two days of training, Cooper would ride along on a shift with one of their officers. If he didn't make at least one drug bust during that time, the cost of the training was on him. He never paid a dime.

"There is no highway or jurisdiction that I couldn't work an eight-hour shift and put somebody in jail for drugs," Cooper says.[/quote]

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