As LE may walk this board I am going to leave out some non-pertinent details, but I was stopped (I was not engaging in any criminal act), by the police verbally intimidated so was my "friend" and then let go stating that I would be on a "list".Note I stayed silent when engaging the police except to state my name and address.
I also know that there are other MERBers who have experienced similar incidents and recently another poster said that the police is using a new intimidation tactic calling you at home and making you confess, sending you letters etc. I want to discuss intimidation tactics of the police here, by getting everyone to :
1.Briefly/ fully explain what happened to them and the actions police took.
2.Discuss strategy how to block police from unavailing the average citizen of their rights.
3.Discuss counter measures against the police.
I will get the ball rolling, the incident that took place with user ncilep he said:
I received a letter from the city last week. It was from the mtl police dept.
They asked to call back. When i called back they asked me if I was still driving a blue Mazda 5. I said yes not knowing what they wanted. Then they told me that I was identified by the police as picking up a girl on Ontario st.
(At the time I think what saved me was that I picked up the girl but dropped her a few seconds later because she wasn't my type)
They had dates and everything and at first I denied it. The guy told me that denying this would get me in a lot of trouble. I eventually admited it and the officer's attitude completely changed. He basically told me that if I promised not to look for street action, he would forget about this. I promised him this and that was it. I almost shit in my pants. Anyone had this experience and do you think they still have a file on me ?
Needless to say I haven't been back on the streets.
My strategy for this would have been to :
i. ask for the name of the officer
ii. ask for his numero de matricule (badge number)
iii. ask which PDQ (station) he works at
iv. his phone number
v.confess nothing!!!!