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Tagged with is-x-legal police
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To what extent can police officers intervene in a suicide?
Suicide is legal in the United States. Are police allowed to do things they would not have normally been able to do if not for the situation (e.g. tackling the attempter to prevent him from falling)? ...
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Can it be illegal to not speak to the police until you have spoken to a lawyer?
It is reported that Ernest Moret was arrested for failing to answer police questions.
The incident was described as:
When the officers began questioning Moret, [his colleague Stella] Magliani-...
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Are you required to open the window if the police stop your car?
It is in the news that a fake police car stopped someone while driving, and when they opened their window they were assaulted as part of an attempted car jacking. I have been stopped by the police, ...
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Is asking police to justify their orders illegal?
From the BBC, WRT instructions by the police for people on the streets to move on:
the legal niceties don't always matter: "The police will often just insist on people 'moving on' because they ...
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Is it legal for officers of one sex to strip-search detainees of a different sex?
I believe there is a law that states strip searches are performed by officers of the same sex as the detainee, and not by officers of a different sex. However this did not occur in the following cases....
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Is it illegal to purposely arouse police suspicion?
I ask this strictly as research for a work of fiction
A person purposefully acts in a manner to attract police attention and arrest as a form of protest. The goal is to inspire an arrest or use of ...
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