Of course without committing a crime before and without saying anything else.
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.
He said colour, not color.
I don’t, because it’s insane and I’m not American
Not knowing that is also white privilege.
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?
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.
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.
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…
Most likely, in my opinion:
Hold you for 24 hours to see if anyone reports a crime and describes you as the perpetrator.
When no one does, find a crime which seems plausible for you, and where they’ve gotten a description that could possibly fit you.
Interrogate you about it, giving you your lawyer of course. Assuming you do not have a solid alibi for that particular crime, there’s a real chance you’ll be charged and eventually convicted.
If you do have a solid alibi, they might keep looking for other crimes to charge you with, or they might give up.
If they give up, they’re likely to charge you with something related to wasting their time, for which you will at minimum have to pay a fine.
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.
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
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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What is a 5th? And why is everyone talking about that?
The 5th Amendment to the United States Constitution affirms citizens’ right not to talk to investigating authorities. It’s what they’re referring to when you see cops in movies tell people “you have the right to remain silent”
Right to remain silent… Most people have no idea what they should do in that situation, and they get some shitty free lawyer that loses the case in court. The justice system in the US is ridiculous. :)
Rich people do what the hell they want, poor people get treated like dog shit.
Very true. Its literally their job to be actually smart human beings with a good sense of morailty, but they prefer to be the moralizer and make you talk shit that brings to to trouble. They can literally carry guns (exclusively in Germany) and restrict you how they want.
I experiences other peoples troubles in car lobby protests in munich. It was insane, the city was completely full of cops, defending this insanity as if it was an important legal asset
I would probably get shot immediately, and the officers would later explain that they were “in fear for their lives.”
