It's CRITICAL that you know your rights and how to properly invoke them! Freedom Card Keep this card with you in case of involvement with law enforcement personnel. Instructions to make your own card: Download the PDF document. Also print 4 cardson one page. (Requires Adobe Reader). Print page one Re-insert the paper to print on the back and print page two Trim and fold between the opposing text Card stock suggested Text of the card The U.S. Constitution prohibits the government from interfering with your right to remain silent, to consult with an attorney, and to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures by law enforcement. However, it is up to you to assert these rights. This NORML Foundation Freedom Card will help you do so effectively. If you are confronted by a police officer, remain calm. Be courteous and provide your identification. Politely refuse to answer any further questions. Ask to talk to an attorney. Do not consent to any search of your person, your property, your residence or your vehicle. Tell the officer you would like to give him or her this card, which is a statement of the constitutional rights you wish to invoke. Do not reach for this card until you have obtained the officer's permission to do so. I hereby invoke and refuse to waive all of the following rights and privileges afforded to me by the U.S. Constitution: • I invoke and refuse to waive my Fifth Amendment right to remain silent. Do not ask me any questions. • I invoke and refuse to waive my Sixth Amendment right to an attorney of my choice. Do not ask me any questions without my attorney present. • I invoke and refuse to waive all privileges and rights pursuant to the case Miranda v. Arizona. Do not ask me any questions or make any comment to me about this decision. • I invoke and refuse to waive my Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. I do not consent to any search or seizure of myself, my home, or of any property in my possession. Do not ask me about my ownership interest in any property. I do not consent to this contact with you. If I am not presently under arrest or under investigatory detention, please allow me to leave. • Any statement I make, or alleged consent I give, in response to your questions is hereby made under protest and under duress and in submission to your claim of lawful authority to force me to provide you with information. THE NORML FOUNDATION 1600 K Street, NW, Suite 501 Washington, DC 20006-2832 www.norml.org / 202-483-8751
now that's a good idea, if i lived in the states i'd get printing..........lol...........Peace out.............Sid
I get searched a lot at school(and fortunley haven't found anything yet). Do you think this card would have any effect if I bust it out on my principal or my counselors?
^^yep, at school, a lot of your rights are taken away, and the law gives the school this power. You, and anything else on school property (including your locker, your car, etc.) are all subject to random searches at any time. Also, try not to do something stupid on the way to or from school. One of my friends was expelled a couple months before graduation because he fought another kid on the way home from school. Lemme tell ya, he was pissed.
I just printed and laminated 2 copies. one for my wallet and one in with my registration and insurance info.
You're welcome! Just remember to pass along the information in this thread to people that you feel may need it.
Is there a site like NORML for Canadian laws? It would be interesting to see my rights concerning marijuana usage/possesion. I tried looking on http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/ but couldnt find a darned thing. Thanks.
Wow that really cool but if i was speeding and got pulled over and i just showed the cop that card wouldnt i be making that a bigger deal because i would have to call my attorney to come over or am i missing something?
If he's just giving you a speeding ticket, don't give him the card. This is if he suspects you have marijuana on you.... Though I am highly doubting how effective this is....
There is such a big grey area here. No where does it state how to avoid a K9-unit. I've heard of people doing exactly what is stated here (stated rights verbally). 2/3 of the cases had the K9 called and busted them, the 3rd threatened to bring a K9 and he buckeled under the pressure. Anyone want to fill in the grey area?
i highly doubt this will work most cops when they see something l ike this or are handed something like this will go irate at the same time they will say they had probable cause (which is basically anything) and search your car anyways
but i dont get it because most cops are gonna search the shit outta you if u show them this, its a little card, no offence, if it really worked i would use it
i dont really see the point in this. surely its an admission of guilt. if i was a cop and i went to someones house where they then presented me with a small prepared laminated peice of card id be imediatly suspicious. why would an innocent person have such a thing? even if it does mean you dont get imediatly busted on the spot, it will mean youl probably be flagged and youl have to remove your grow anyway. id rather just talke my chances and secure my grow as well as possible and then hope the cop doesnt find it.
cops cannot search anything that is locked in your posession without a warrent. this includes your trunk and your glove compartment.
Yeah ... earlier this year they brought the drug sniffing dogs and found pipes and weed in 4 of my fellow seniors cars ... they were all suspended except for one who actually had a quarter in his glove box. He got arrested and expelled -- and is now unable to walk at graduation with the rest of us (obviously) Last year my car was searched -- it's actually a long story of how it happened but my boyfriend at the time was in the car and they searched it (we had been having a lot of bomb threats ... we had 2-3 a day for about 3 months ... I guess they thought there was a bomb in the car) I know I wouldn't have been able to do anything about the search but I really would have appeciated it if they would have let me know beforehand instead of afterwards ... and I don't know what the were looking for ... that really did piss me off two undercover detectives questioning me like a damn criminal twenty minutes after the fact ... good thing I took my bowl out of the glove box the day before ... haha