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Are the police required to tell you why they're arresting you?

Here's a resource on your rights if you're confronted by the police (or any agent of the government, one supposes):

https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/stopped-by-police/#ive...




They are required to tell you that they're arresting you (it's unclear if they were actually saying that), they're required to tell you who is arresting you, they're required to have probably cause, they're required to document it.


Are they required to tell you who is arresting you at the moment of your arrest? Is that a local rule?


It feels like an enhanced version of "you can beat the rap but you can't beat the ride".

I think this is practice for a national program.



What evidence do you have that these are police?


It says "POLICE" on their uniforms


No, a badge that says "police" is not a police badge.

Police badges have the name of the police department, and the badge number. These are clearly toys.

And if you were to say "this is reasonably interpreted as police" then you have federal agents committing a felony - pretending to be police officers.


Like this?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085485BKV

That's sufficient for you?


It's always possible to impersonate police, I'm not sure what your point is?

Wearing what the officers in the video are wearing - uniform with a prominent POLICE label - is sufficient to be identifying yourself as police, and would be impersonating a police officer if a member of the public did it.


So you agree that they're breaking the law by impersonating police?


If they don't have police powers, then yes.




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