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Don't Talk to the Police

Regent University School of Law · 21.9M views · 2012-03-20 · 46:39

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Overview

Regent Law professor James Duane gives startling reasons why people, even innocent ones, should always exercise their Fifth Amendment rights rather than talk to police. It is based on his article and book on the subject.

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Recommended by 13 HN people across 12 months · HN mentions 2017–2026

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Law, policing & justice
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fifth amendmentpolice interrogationcriminal lawlegal adviceself-incrimination

What people said

lmilcin · 2021-06 · Strong recommendation

No, not really. Advice for police interrogation is: never talk to the police. If you don't know why, you must watch this: [VIDEO] Also, I never said this is my advice. In general I like to volunteer information during interview when I am the candidate. I think it lets me control the situation a little bit better and move to ground that I have much more expertise in. I am just saying that I can't fault candidate for not doing this.

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Chaebixi · 2017-09 · Strong recommendation

> If you do want to talk to me, I can tell the juvenile court judge or adult court judge and Probation Officer what you tell me. It's missing the explicit warning that "what you say can and will be used against you in the court of law." I think they should add a clause to the end stating "and they can use this information against you to get you in trouble." This video is always relevant when the subject of talking to police comes up: [VIDEO]

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digitalPhonix · 2026-06 · Recommendation

If they wanted to do that, your chances of "I talk, and it screws me" are pretty high anyway. Also, don't take my word for it - here's a US police officer saying the same thing: [VIDEO] (skip to the second half) He wouldn't talk to police.

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