Someone Else Stole the Car First
March 5, 2011 by Philip Franckel, Esq. · Leave a Comment
I was just watching COPS and although I’ve seen it a hundred times, I’m always amazed at the compulsion people have to explain what they did. Even though countless TV shows and movies show criminal lawyers telling their clients not to say anything, and police officers say “you have a right to remain silent”, people [...]
Were You Arrested & Filmed on COPS?
March 1, 2010 by Philip Franckel, Esq. · Leave a Comment
I was watching COPS and saw a segment where a girl was stopped for possible DUI. The police pulled her over, approached her vehicle and told her to get out of the car. They did not smell any alcohol on her breath and suspected that she might be on drugs. The police officer asked her [...]
How to Get Arrested
October 8, 2007 by Philip Franckel, Esq. · Leave a Comment
I just saw a video taken from a police car video camera of the arrest of a 15-year-old Florida girl who violated her curfew. Struggling with the police officer, she ended up getting pepper sprayed and added a new charge of resisting arrest. Some people seem to think that this was an abuse of force, [...]
