The answer is that most people have never been in a police interrogation and they think they can talk their way out of it if they just explain themselves enough.
It’s panic thinking. And once you pop you don’t stop.
If you’re in a police interrogation room you have to assume and internally accept that you’re getting charged with something, and not try to talk your way out of it.
People try and talk their way out of it and dig a deeper hole. For example, what I imagined happening with that Briton arrested for carrying a garden trowel:
“But that tool is sharp, right?”
“A bit”
“If someone attacked you, would you stab them with it?”
“Probably”
“You’ve just admitted to carrying an offensive weapon. Accept this caution or we’ll escalate this further”
Everyone is the hero of their own story. This implies that every person thinks they’re doing the right thing.
So if they’ve been accused of a crime, there must be some misunderstanding. If I explain what happened they’ll let me out because I didn’t do anything wrong.
It’s not the only reason people talk, but it’s a big one.
Remember, the line is: " you have the right to remain silent, anything you say, can and will be used against you".
i mean sometimes i know i’m a big dumb idiot, it’s pretty obvious when we were at the parade and i sat on my chair and it exploded into fifteen pieces right in front of the police officer and he said “you can’t park there, mate” as i was waddling to my feet, there were no heroes
The answer is that most people have never been in a police interrogation and they think they can talk their way out of it if they just explain themselves enough.
It’s panic thinking. And once you pop you don’t stop.
If you’re in a police interrogation room you have to assume and internally accept that you’re getting charged with something, and not try to talk your way out of it.
People try and talk their way out of it and dig a deeper hole. For example, what I imagined happening with that Briton arrested for carrying a garden trowel:
My first thought would be to just act stupid in that specific situation and straight up lie out of my ass:
Of course, this also has a high likelihood of backfiring. So just stfu with cops.
Everyone is the hero of their own story. This implies that every person thinks they’re doing the right thing.
So if they’ve been accused of a crime, there must be some misunderstanding. If I explain what happened they’ll let me out because I didn’t do anything wrong.
It’s not the only reason people talk, but it’s a big one.
Remember, the line is: " you have the right to remain silent, anything you say, can and will be used against you".
i mean sometimes i know i’m a big dumb idiot, it’s pretty obvious when we were at the parade and i sat on my chair and it exploded into fifteen pieces right in front of the police officer and he said “you can’t park there, mate” as i was waddling to my feet, there were no heroes