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To: photodawg
The boy exercised his rights. He was not arrested for it. The policeman is also within his rights to construe the boys refusal to answer a direct question as insufficient cooperation.

BS. The only questions you MUST answer when dealing with the police are those that pertain to your identity. A refusal to answer other questions does not constitute "insufficient cooperation" (whatever that is). Another bootlicker.

1,072 posted on 01/07/2007 4:37:03 PM PST by BearCub
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To: BearCub
The only questions you MUST answer when dealing with the police are those that pertain to your identity. A refusal to answer other questions does not constitute "insufficient cooperation" (whatever that is). Another bootlicker.

Suppose an officer were to ask "Do you know where you are?" I wonder under what types of responses could constitute probable cause for DUI, considering that there would be no reason a stopped motorist could consider his present whereabouts a personal secret. To be sure, some non-DUI motorists might be lost, but I would expect they'd be able to clearly tell the officer something of where they were trying to go (not necessarily their destination; perhaps a road they were looking for). While there may be some motorists who would rather remain lost than let a policeman know what they were looking for, I would think most motorists in such a situation would be glad to have assistance.

1,073 posted on 01/07/2007 4:45:43 PM PST by supercat (Sony delenda est.)
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