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Mickey Z
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the Department of Homeland Security.
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Freedom of Speech...and the Right to Remain Silent
A book review by Mickey Z.
Beat the Heat: How to Handle Encounters with Law Enforcement by Katya Komisaruk (Illustrations by Tim Maloney), AK Press, 192 pages, $14.
Magic Words: “I am going to remain silent. I would like to see a lawyer.”
With cell phones surgically attached to their ears and Reagan buttons adorning their golf shirts, the Republicans will come swarming onto Manhattan Island at the end of August evoking images of a Hitler Youth reunion doing a GAP commercial. Joining them in the sweltering late summer heat will be legions of protestors and squadrons of police. This volatile mix guarantees we’ll see a sudden evaporation of homeless people, an abundance of street closings, and arrests by the busload. “The cops are here to protect us,” we’ll be told...but Katya Komisaruk sees things a little differently.
“People should assume that the officer is not trustworthy, and take the most conservative approach: remaining silent and asking to see their lawyer,” she advises.
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