Of course without committing a crime before and without saying anything else.
Where is the police station and what is your age, sex and skin color?
I plead the fifth
Good question. There are probably some constellations where the police would be like: We got plenty of matching testimonies for you. We charge you and this could send you to jail for 80 years or you pleat guilty and accept 5 years.
On the other hand, I think in Germany you could be charged with pretending to have committed a crime.
Criminal Code (StGB) § Section 145d Pretending to have committed a criminal offense
(1) Any person who, contrary to his better knowledge, pretends to an authority or to a body competent to receive reports that an unlawful act has been committed […] shall be liable to a custodial sentence not exceeding three years or to a monetary penalty […].
That’s just filling a false report. That’s illegal almost anywhere, but you need to be more specific than what’s in the post.
but then the person wouldn’t been lying about having committed a crime
submit report saying I violated this law
instant “this sentence is false”-style paradox
legal system implodes. Complete anarchy takes over
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This is the whitest American question I’ve heard in a while.
This might be the greatest defenition of White Privilege I’ve ever seen 🤣
What does it have to do with skin colour?
White people are less likely to be unfairly targeted by police. I know you know this already.
I don’t, because it’s insane and I’m not American
How dare you have an experience and opinions that are different from Americans?? You must be a commie!!
I always find it amusing when Americans just assume things are the same everywhere
Since when is racism and colorism unique to america?
Not knowing that is also white privilege.
He said colour, not color.
Non-snarky answer: My guess is that after not answering any questions they’d assume you’re just trying to waste their time and tell you to leave or actually be arrested for trespassing.
There’s probably a law against wasting a police officer’s time…
I looked around, and I think it depends heavily on where in the world you are. Over here I think only calling emergency numbers knowingly in error is a crime, but there are provisions that in extreme cases you could be held partially liable for someone else’s harm if you are actively wasting the time of the police or the firefighters.
In the UK it is against the law to waste police time, since we don’t have a 5th amendment equivalent you would probably just get instantly hit with that if you tried this and didn’t leave when told to
I live in New Zealand so me rambling about “the fifth” would probably make them call Social Services to come and help me since I would seem to be suffering from a mental health event.
Either that or they would think I was trolling and send me on my way with a stern reminder that wasting police time is a criminal offence.
I’ve seen videos filmed in NZ of people ranting about their constitutional rights.
You’re right though, they’d assume you’re either a nutter or a troll.
@Ilovethebomb yeah I met a “Trump supporter” here in NZ once. If we have a lot of them, it’s probably an indication that we’re underfunding mental health and education.
Well they do have rights, it’s just their constitution is not one singular document. Kinda like us in Australia with our “implied rights”.
But yeah anyone going on about them is most likely the ‘Sovereign Citizens’ sort. Dunno how the fuck that concept has spread around the world so much.
In America, it would totally depend on your skin color.
If you’re white, laugh it off tell you to piss off. If you’re not white executed on the spot.
In Canada they wouldn’t know what a fifth is, because liquids are measured in liters.
I’ll take a fifth
Do you dare me to drive?
Oui
I think “a fifth” usually refers to a “metric fifth” these days (750mL)
Of course without committing a crime before and without saying anything else.
You will probably commit a crime or misdemeanor unknowingly on the way to the station. There is a reason you do not talk to the police, even if you think you’re completely innocent.
What if you knowingly torrent on your phone in the way
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You’d be told to leave. If you didn’t, you’d be arrested for trespassing. And being a fuckwit.
“Sir, this is a Wendy’s”
They’d probably call social services or a doctor because someone going on about a “fifth amendment” in Switzerland is clearly in need of medical attention
I once read about a man who was arrested in (I think) either Serbia or Croatia who told the police that he was taking the “fifth amendment” because he’d seen that on TV in a dubbed American show and thought he could do that there too.
ETA: And many people in German-speaking countries think that if you get arrested by police in a German-speaking country, you are read a translated Miranda warning: “Sie haben das Recht zu schweigen. Alles, was Sie sagen, kann vor Gericht gegen Sie verwendet werden. Sie haben das Recht auf einen Anwalt. Wenn Sie sich keinen Anwalt leisten können, wird Ihnen vom Gericht einer zugeteilt.”
Canadian here, I guess offer directions to the airport so they can get a flight to British Columbia?
The officer would likely look up, tell you to get out, and go back to their work unless there was some obvious reason to arrest you.
Unless they felt like issuing a fine of some type for wasting their time.
Well they routinely murder folks who are doing nothing wrong at all, so I wouldn’t risk it
On one hand, you’re right. On the other hand, I’ve never heard of someone entering a police station and being shot
Step 1: Be black.
Step 2: Walk into the police station and say you’re there to turn yourself in. Say you have something you need to show them.
Step 3: Reach into your jacket.
The last words Michael Chad Breinholt heard were, “You’re about to die, my friend.”
[…]
With his hands cuffed behind his back, he briefly wrestled with two officers. One screamed that Breinholt was grabbing his holstered gun. Sgt. Tyler Longman rushed into the room, made his declaration and fired.
VIDEO: A Utah Police Officer Killed a Man Inside the Police Department. It Was His Third Shooting.
You’re not wrong, but:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exception_that_proves_the_rule
This argument states if an exception exists or has to be stated, then this exception proves that there must be some rule to which the case is an exception.
One murder does not mean it happens regularly.
Sleeping sure is a crime worthy of the death by cop treatment, huh?
Source?
You, apparently
What
Yeah, it tracks that was too complex for you
I posted a meme about a dude mowing people down how does that correlate to someone getting shot for sleeping
They’d probably search the database for anyone wanted of your name/description. And when it came back blank they’d probably leave you in a room for a few hours to see if anything happens. And then let you go.
Without any crime to suspect you of, they might detain you and question you. It’s not uncommon for people to turn themselves in for crimes, and there are legitimate reasons to do so especially with a lawyer, namely to get out on bail easier, avoid having the police raid your home or place of work, and perhaps used to sway the prosecution for a more favorable sentencing, but if the police have no clue what to even charge you for and they can’t figure one out, they’ll just be confused and frustrated, which is a dangerous combination for police
playing with fire, teasing the man children with guns with a math problem that is unsolvable is likely to invoke a poor outcome.
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the fifth ? are you sure ? it’s a little old-school, evokes holy music… I would go for the third and the seventh instead, just to shake things up. Cops aren’t used to daring chords like these, you’d totally destabilize them and they wouldn’t be able to jail you
The fifth always evokes Star Wars to me, so maybe you’re right about holy music.
You should call the non emergency number during the day and ask to speak to a manager and then ask your silly question and see what they say lol
