The Atlantic: A Guide to Good Etiquette When You're Under Arrest

[Zorra]

3. So, in other words, make sure you act afraid of, and are subservient to, your abusers.

Otherwise, they will very likely violate your rights and abuse their authority even more by abusing you even more.

Not all cops are bad, but way too many of them are.

Some nice upstanding deputies once handcuffed me behind my back and proceeded to grind my face into the dirt while they beat me on the back with billy clubs.

I had done, or said, nothing violent or provocative, and was cooperative and had not posed any threat to them whatsoever.

They were just mean, angry, ignorant good ol' boys who didn't like me, and they figured they had good reasons.

This is actually a very long involved story, and some of it had to do with past politics, but the bottom line here is, they illegally beat me while I was totally helpless, and I did absolutely nothing to warrant it. And I couldn't do anything about it; it was my word against theirs. And my word means nothing in their world, unless it is backed up with video.

So yeah, of course it's always best to keep your mouth shut when you are held prisoner, and then make a plan and wait for the day you get your chance to be the girl with the dragon tattoo.

However that may manifest.