Sunday Tangent: Cato Institute on dealing with police racial profiling in general
Posted by debito on May 9th, 2010
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Hi Blog. Debito.org Reader CF submits the following. Food for thought on a Sunday morning, given the degree of racial profiling in Japan. On how police are trained in getting people to waive their rights. Arudou Debito in Sapporo
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Debito, although it is not entirely applicable to Japan, this video (screened in full with a panel afterwards at the Cato website) provides legal advice that is generally applicable to targets of racial profiling.
“10 Rules for Dealing with Police”
http://www.cato.org/events/100212screening.html
http://flexyourrights.org/
The advice to not request badge numbers, and of course, the rules on not needing to present ID do not apply to us in Japan.
I’m not a Japanese lawyer so I don’t know to what degree the other rules apply, but in general, it seems to fit what we’ve learned on your site.
Please give it a look and use if you like. CF
ENDS
May 9th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Good video. One needs to be tactful to not escalate a situation while asserting ones rights.
The US police are just out of control and scary.
http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/seattle-detective-shandy-cobane-apologizes-for-racial-epithet-beating/19469856?ncid=webmaildl1
As much as I`m stopped here in Tokyo, I`ve yet to witness any violent behavior by police that is so common in the American experience. Nonetheless profiling over time causes desensitizing the whole law enforcement and judicial system.
– I’ve had several friends (Mark in Yayoi, go ahead) that have had Japanese cops get abusive and physical with them during racial profiling.
May 9th, 2010 at 8:49 pm
In case somebody did not watch it, here’s another (classic) video, explaining why you should never talk to police.
The first part is a lecture by Prof. James Duane, a criminal attorney. The second part is an insight on work of policeman by officer George Bruch. It is interesting to note how similar are police’s tasks everywhere–to develop a case with confession, in particular.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8z7NC5sgik
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08fZQWjDVKE
May 19th, 2010 at 2:09 am
Was wondering if you were familiar with this site which focuses on dealing with the police in Japan?
http://www.jinken110ban.com/
There are a bunch of videos on YouTube as well…
http://www.youtube.com/user/Police110ban