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Originally Posted by stocktrader23
I don't know what gave you the idea that cops can order you to STFU but you are wrong. Same reason they can't tell you to turn off your fucking camera and all that jazz.
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The thing is they can tell you to do it. Whether you decide to do it or not is up to you. If you are like this woman you end up arrested. The courts will decide if she is really guilty of a crime or not and she will likely sue so we will find out if the cop was guilty of excessive force or not.
If a cop tells you to shut up and you don't, it depends on what you are saying and how you are saying it. If you are just telling him you are innocent or that he has the wrong person etc likely there is nothing he can legally do to you (doesn't mean he still won't try), but if they are searching for someone they think is in the area and they think you are yelling to help that person escape or you are on the phone warning that person then you are interfering with them doing their job and they can arrest you.