In a message dated 3/24/2004 2:02:13 PM Eastern Standard Time, rah@shipwright.com writes:

So, the point is, as Duncan Frissell has always said on this list, when confronted with cops of any kind, shut up, and lawyer up.

Period.

I don't say Jack to any government worker, even the Census poller...When it comes to Apparatchiks of the police state I'm unreachable. I do pay my taxes and participate in my state's driver license requirements...so the reality is that I do talk with government workers, albeit they do have a gun to my head. In general you have nothing to gain by speaking to the Police or assorted Fedgoons, so don't. Regards, Matt-