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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5844323" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>A new topic, ripped straight from the forums.</p><p></p><p>The situation:</p><p>you've been falsely accused of a crime. The cops have just shown up to arrest you. Should you stay or run for it?</p><p></p><p>Try to consider the question from both real world and "as fiction" perspectives as I think the answer can vary for what makes sense in the real world vs. a fiction (like a story or RPG).</p><p></p><p>I see the basic foundation of the why you should stay argument being that if you run, you look guilty (and technically may also be resisting arrest).</p><p></p><p>However, the oft unstated counter argument is that if the authorities are so inept or corrupt as to move forward on false information to authorize an arrest, what kind of justice are you really expecting to see? You're basically looking at spending time in the local jail and then prison where as a non-hardened criminal, you can expect to get shanked, bubba'd or infected with something.</p><p></p><p>In the real world, you probably need to cooperate. Cops have bullets and nothing's immune to bullets. You might have to weigh that choice on the overall corruptness of the local government (that is, do you live in a place where everybody knows the cops are crooked). Plus, hopefully going in is just an interview and release. Otherwise, you'll need to become the next Pancho Villa and head for the hills as a new resistance fighter.</p><p></p><p>In fiction, the protagonist seldom accepts arrest. He always runs and fights to clear his name. The story would suck if "Harry Potter turned himself in to the Dementors and spent the rest of his days rotting in Azkaban."</p><p></p><p>America was founded on the principal that we don't tolerate wrongful searches, siezures, detentions and arrests. It's actually mind-boggling to see that we've now moved to "if he ran, he must be guilty" when our cultural background says "if he ran, it's because the authorities were wrong!"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 5844323, member: 8835"] A new topic, ripped straight from the forums. The situation: you've been falsely accused of a crime. The cops have just shown up to arrest you. Should you stay or run for it? Try to consider the question from both real world and "as fiction" perspectives as I think the answer can vary for what makes sense in the real world vs. a fiction (like a story or RPG). I see the basic foundation of the why you should stay argument being that if you run, you look guilty (and technically may also be resisting arrest). However, the oft unstated counter argument is that if the authorities are so inept or corrupt as to move forward on false information to authorize an arrest, what kind of justice are you really expecting to see? You're basically looking at spending time in the local jail and then prison where as a non-hardened criminal, you can expect to get shanked, bubba'd or infected with something. In the real world, you probably need to cooperate. Cops have bullets and nothing's immune to bullets. You might have to weigh that choice on the overall corruptness of the local government (that is, do you live in a place where everybody knows the cops are crooked). Plus, hopefully going in is just an interview and release. Otherwise, you'll need to become the next Pancho Villa and head for the hills as a new resistance fighter. In fiction, the protagonist seldom accepts arrest. He always runs and fights to clear his name. The story would suck if "Harry Potter turned himself in to the Dementors and spent the rest of his days rotting in Azkaban." America was founded on the principal that we don't tolerate wrongful searches, siezures, detentions and arrests. It's actually mind-boggling to see that we've now moved to "if he ran, he must be guilty" when our cultural background says "if he ran, it's because the authorities were wrong!" [/QUOTE]
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