Interrogation

[ciphergoth]

Randomly reading HowStuffWorks for Sunday morning entertainment, and found this fascinating article on How police interrogation works. Vital reading in case you're ever picked up for a crime you didn't commit :-)

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[foibey.livejournal.com]

The usual advice on the anarchist scene about dealing with arrest is not to make any sort of response at all, beyond saying "no comment" and giving your name/address/DoB, on account of the fact that the police will likely lie to you if they believe you've done something wrong, if you're being interrogated they presumably need some sort of input from you to be sure of a conviction, and all in all you're much better off fighting it out in court with some sort of legal aid than you are stuck in a room with people trained to get people to admit to things. That being unless you've got a trustworthy solicitor and they advise you to say something. Apparently some duty solicitors have been known to collaborate with the police during interrogations and advise their clients against their best interests to shop themselves.

[foibey.livejournal.com]

Oh, this advice goes double for if they say your friends have shopped you, there being no deals that you can make with the police that will help you in any way.