skieur
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i guess its just diffrent viewpoints i suppose. to me this guy is more suspicious by not answering a few simple questions then someone who just answers honestly.
id almost bet that the last time this guy had a confrontation he acted the same way, and now being caught again and evading questions and confronting them over and over is why the ss will be sending someone over to interview him.
those type questions are asked to see how you respond. to wether you clam up. or get nervous or start looking around. or start lying. if your stopped, answer honestly and truthfully and there is nothing on you. your not very likely to wind up on any terrorist list.
your right, by the law he doesnt. but id bet money if he had just answered the simple questions he probably would have been sent on his way in half the time.
i mean if i acted the way he did i would expect to be kept there for a while. for him to argue about how long it was taking was just silly.
It is not a matter of answering simple questions, but rather a matter of whether the simple questions end up in a police computer base of SUSPICIOUS persons.
So, if the information is being taken down, then you LOSE by providing it. That is why a lawyer will say; Don't say anything to the police and that is irregardless of whether it is "harmless info" in your opinion. If your name comes up in a police database at all, how will home security react when you are trying to travel somewhere and they are on a heightened alert for some reason.
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guess its just a diffrence of opinion. if im secret service and i ask a guy a few questions, he answer them all politly and honestly id send him on his way. if a guy is not answering questions, evading answers, not wanting to give me id i would be much more likely to put his name down. im guessing he did that the first time and thats why he is now having someone go to his house to question him.
police ask questions allot of time to judge how you respond. not what you respond with. they do want to know the truth so they can verify things. but they want to see if you start getting nervous, start evading questions, does your story change as you go along. things that throw up red flags that there could be an issue
Not a difference of opinion at all, but rather a difference in the knowledge of police procedures. Profiling is a common practice whereby the police keep records of people that they have stopped on the street for any reason and their impressions.
Now, if a terrorist or criminal act, took place in a certain area, they would look at the profiles of everyone they previously stopped in that area and possibly bring them in for questioning.
By complying with the police in the profiling, you have automatically become a suspect.
And by the way, you are assuming that the police will act in a common sense manner. IF that were the case, they would not be falsely arresting the average tourist or photographer for suspected terrorism and getting so many law suits in return.
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