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This post was submitted by Nancy Rose. This was my first serious original song and was inspired by the bravely honest Dr. James Duane and Judge Robert Jackson and is about why nobody should ever speak to LEOs. This is a song about knowing your rights Keep on listening, take my advice Don’t say a [...]

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This video gives some helpful tips for keeping personal information stored on your cell phone private in the event that it is seized by the police.

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Back in August, I wrote a lengthy post about a YouTube video by Jerome Vorus which depicts him being detained by an FBI police officer for public photography. As I noted, the video was an excellent demonstration of how people can assert their legal rights when confronted by the police. Throughout the video, Vorus remained [...]

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A few days ago, I saw a great video on Carlos Miller’s Photography is Not a Crime blog from photo rights activist Jerome Vorus. I decided to share this video with Cop Block’s readers because it’s a wonderful example of someone successfully asserting his legal rights while being harassed by the police. First, here’s a [...]

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A few nights ago Concord, NH area liberty activist Garret Ean was detained for the crime of being out late at night and for looking generally youthful in appearance.  I’d like to start a discussion on how I believe Garret (and possibly you) could handle this situation better in the future if confronted by the [...]

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Mother Jones just posted this video of someone filming a building owned by BP, the company responsible for the horrible Gulf oil spill. He is filming a BP building while standing in a field not owned by the company. He is approached by a police officer who “strongly suggest[s]” that he leaves because “BP doesn’t [...]

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It would seem that the right to remain silent is eroding. According to the Associated Press, the Supreme Court recently decided “that suspects must explicitly tell police they want to be silent to invoke Miranda protections during criminal interrogations.” A right to remain silent and a right to a lawyer are the first of the Miranda [...]

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