<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>i80and</author><text>IANAL, so take this with the requisite grain of salt, but the justice system has the power to be &lt;i&gt;real dicks&lt;/i&gt; about how the right to a lawyer has to be invoked[1]. I would go with a very explicit request for a lawyer.&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;true-crime&amp;#x2F;wp&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;02&amp;#x2F;the-suspect-told-police-give-me-a-lawyer-dog-the-court-says-he-wasnt-asking-for-a-lawyer&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;true-crime&amp;#x2F;wp&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;11&amp;#x2F;02...&lt;/a&gt;</text><parent_chain><item><author>_fat_santa</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s a movie I saw a while back where the main character was being interrogated by police, and in the scene the suspect just kept responding &amp;quot;Lawyer&amp;quot; to any question they asked.</text></item><item><author>rPlayer6554</author><text>Every American should watch this video. There is no reason to talk to the police, it will pretty much never help you.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit:
The lawyer made a follow up video clarifying that in routine traffic stops police do have autonomy. So as long as you are reasonable and just showing the policeman you aren&amp;#x27;t a public menace is seems ok. For any other reason I&amp;#x27;d have my lawyer on me no matter what.&lt;p&gt;Also this video specifically pertains to the 5th US constitutional amendment.&lt;p&gt;Also IANAL but the guy in the video is.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Illinois first state to tell police they can&apos;t lie to minors in interrogations</title><url>https://www.npr.org/2021/07/16/1016710927/illinois-is-the-first-state-to-tell-police-they-cant-lie-to-minors-in-interrogat</url></story>
<instructions>Your goal is to analyze the following comment and estimate how highly it will be upvoted by the Hacker News community.</instructions><comment><author>HumblyTossed</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s a bit of a stigma, in the U.S. at least, that if you ask for a lawyer, you must be guilty.  Probably comes from too much propaganda type television.&lt;p&gt;Asking for someone who understands law to come and help you is a very smart move.</text><parent_chain><item><author>_fat_santa</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s a movie I saw a while back where the main character was being interrogated by police, and in the scene the suspect just kept responding &amp;quot;Lawyer&amp;quot; to any question they asked.</text></item><item><author>rPlayer6554</author><text>Every American should watch this video. There is no reason to talk to the police, it will pretty much never help you.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit:
The lawyer made a follow up video clarifying that in routine traffic stops police do have autonomy. So as long as you are reasonable and just showing the policeman you aren&amp;#x27;t a public menace is seems ok. For any other reason I&amp;#x27;d have my lawyer on me no matter what.&lt;p&gt;Also this video specifically pertains to the 5th US constitutional amendment.&lt;p&gt;Also IANAL but the guy in the video is.</text></item></parent_chain></comment><story><title>Illinois first state to tell police they can&apos;t lie to minors in interrogations</title><url>https://www.npr.org/2021/07/16/1016710927/illinois-is-the-first-state-to-tell-police-they-cant-lie-to-minors-in-interrogat</url></story>