foreign [Music] hey everybody I'm David ridings Nashville criminal attorney this is going to be as short as I can make it this literally could be an hour long video what to do if I'm pulled over by a police officer what should you do and what should you not do just 10 or 12 things uh generally speaking they're common sense but not everybody knows them so let's get right into it number one be polite and respectful I don't care how you feel about the cops if you're a defund the policer you still need to be polite and respectful to the police don't cuss at them don't get belligerent be polite and respectful number two stay in control of your words and your language this is kind of a spin-off of number one and number three don't argue with the police even if you're right nothing you're not going to win anything on the street save all of that for your lawyer in the courtroom number four anything you say can be used against you so remember that and don't say anything don't answer questions without a lawyer and don't take tests without a lawyer we've done videos on that in the past two number five keep your hands where the police can see them don't touch a police officer at all touching a police officer can be you can be charged with an assault or it can lead him to get have cause to arrest you so don't touch a police officer and keep your hands where they can see them number six don't try to run uh even if you're right don't try to run they will catch you you can't outrun that radio number seven even if you think you're innocent cooperate with the police now cooperation to me means something different than what it means to some people cooperate to me means if he says sit on the curb then you sit on the curb you say yes sir and you say no sir and you'd be polite and you cooperate with police cooperation doesn't mean answering questions you know I don't Advocate to answer questions I always invoke my Fifth Amendment right to an attorney early and often number eight don't make any statements regarding the incident at all don't answer questions that's just kind of a spin-off of the same thing number nine ask for a lawyer immediately that is one right that you have that has to be invoke verbally you can't they can't presume that you want a lawyer even if you are a lawyer you have to ask for a lawyer immediately number 10 remember to the extent that you can badge numbers and patrol car numbers write that information down as soon after the stop as you can if you have the ability to video turn your video camera on you'll be able to video you're legally allowed to video a police encounter and you should to the extent that you can write down everything you remember about the arrest or stop is soon after the stop as you can and if you're injured take photographs of those injuries and seek medical attention immediately hopefully this helps somebody remember if you have more information or if you need more information go to www.naturalcriminal attorney.com I'm David writings hope this helps somebody we'll talk soon see you next time