ACLU Protest Advice

Times probably call for these old rules too.

1. Don't rat on your friends/compatriots.

2. Don't rat on yourself.

3. If they're still asking, they don't know.

I'd also add good advice from one of the top public defenders in Los Angeles: Do not give any false statement to police that they could corroborate. He gave the specific example of having an immigrant in your home and ICE agents come knocking.

If you say, "I don't know them" or "haven't seen them in weeks" but your phone or other evidence could prove false, that's a misdemeanor that could be made even more serious. Just say, "I can't help you" over and over again if necessary.

David Todd McCarty

@davidtoddmccarty@me.dm

@exador23 @ai6yr If questioned by anyone in law enforcement. Say it kindly, or at least politely. Say it with a smile if you like, but say it, and nothing more.

March 16, 2025 at 9:38:02 PM
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@davidtoddmccarty @exador23 @ai6yr

I shall say it perhaps with fear in my voice but courage in my heart.

@davidtoddmccarty @exador23 @ai6yr

In a decent society the law doesn’t need to be ‘enforced,’ citizens follow it gladly for the common good

@DynHafren @davidtoddmccarty @exador23 @ai6yr

Crikey, that common good you're carrying about looks like it could be a pretty powerful weapon in the right hands, wouldn't you say?

;)

@doboprobodyne @davidtoddmccarty @exador23 @ai6yr

As good in Tooting as in Talsarnau, or Torino, or Tianjin!

@DynHafren @davidtoddmccarty @exador23 @ai6yr

Yours is a very elegant reply! You haven't admitted to carrying a powerful weapon, and any observer would say you have clearly behaved cooperatively. This is the way. Be congenial while - in point of fact - admitting nothing at all.

@doboprobodyne @davidtoddmccarty @exador23 @ai6yr

We have been an occupied country since 1282. We have survived as a nation and retained our language and customs through passive resistance and social solidarity.

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