Statement For The Police | WAKE N' MAKE EP. 88
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My Rights:
1) Silence
2) I can say "NO" if the police ask permission to search me or my things. Saying "NO" does not mean I have something to hide
3) I can leave unless I am being detained or arrested
4) If I am being detained or arrested, I have a right to know why, and a right to speak privately to a lawyer without delay - even if I can't afford to pay
5) I can only be strip-searched in private by officers of the same sex
6) I have a right to know a police officer's
name and badge number
7) I can report a police officer who abuses
me, swears at me, or violates my rights.
Officer, if I am under arrest or being detained, please tell
me. If I am free to go, please tell me so. If I am not free
to go. please tell me why. I wish to exercise all my legal
rights including my right to silence and my right to speak
to a lawyer before I say anything to you. I do not consent
to be searched. I wish to be released without delay.
Please do not ask me questions, because I will not
willingly talk to you until I speak to a lawyer.
Thank you for respecting my rights.
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