• JackbyDev
    link
    fedilink
    English
    97 hours ago

    I hate advice like this because you just say empty terms like “obey lawful commands” after saying to not do anything. The question is how do we do this practically. Cops can lie. They can just say whatever is a lawful command. This is why this sort of advice needs to be more specific.

    A good example, presenting your driver’s license for traffic stops. That’s usually a law, is it not? But you say to not consent to searches or seizures. The whole reason people ask for specific practical advice is because they don’t wanna get fucked over by the cops but also don’t wanna get fucked over for unintentionally pulling sovereign citizen like bullshit.

    • @Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      1
      edit-2
      2 hours ago

      If you are operating a motor vehicle, you are required to hold a license to operate that vehicle. Ergo, if you are operating the vehicle, the police can ask for proof of your licensure to operate that vehicle, and you are reauired to produce it. That is not covered under search and seizure.

      • JackbyDev
        link
        fedilink
        English
        22 hours ago

        Then people giving this sort of practical advice should explicitly say that lest someone get arrested for failure to present a license or whatever.