Don't Talk to the Police

Why HN readers recommended it

HN treats it as the canonical video to link whenever talking to police or interrogations come up.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Regent University School of Law

Topic

right to remain silent

Format

lecture

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

13

HN mentions in dataset

20

Recommendation years in dataset

2017–2026

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• > If you do want to talk to me, I can tell the juvenile court judge or adult court judge and Probation Officer what you tell me. It's missing the explicit warning that "what you say can and will be used against you in the …

• No, not really. Advice for police interrogation is: never talk to the police. If you don't know why, you must watch this: [VIDEO] Also, I never said this is my advice. In general I like to volunteer information during interview when I am the candidate. …

• > The police are 100% your enemy once they start questioning you about anything. Record, record record. even better, stop talking to them. [VIDEO] > Catch them in one lie, and you get off scot free. they're not leprechauns, there are no magical rules in …