Just to reitterate I feel the need to post this video again, in case there is any reader who hasn't seen it.
This is actually something both the lawyer and the detective go over. The lawyer says you can be convicted on things you didn't even say if the police "
misremember" any part of the interview, questions or answers. The detective later states that he erases recordings of interviews after "transcribing" them to a report. He doesn't need to recording because ... he was there and can act as a "professional witness" to both questions and answers.
Lets all think about those statements and the practical implications of such. The police have free reign to lie about both questions and answers during an "interview" because there is no unbiased third party entity holding them to being honest, unless you pay for one, aka a lawyer. And this happens before your even charged with a crime, before you even know your a suspect, before you even know they are investigating something. The police will never *
tell* you any of that stuff is happening, no they will politely ask if you can come down and "answer some questions" or "help them out" on something they are working on.
Never say yes, never agree, never
voluntarily enter into that police building or get into any of their vehicles. "I'm sorry officer, I've been advised against such actions without first consulting an attorney". If they insist just repeat that statement and then ask the golden words "Officer am I under arrest or free to go". Forces them to communicate to you the nature of the interaction instead of hiding behind smoke and mirrors.
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They really need to teach this in US highscools, like an entire course on who police are, what they can do, how they do it, and how to protect ourselves from them.
For you non-US folks, well sucks to be you but that's a different topic.