Does your son know what to do if he is stopped by the police?
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What do you need to tell your son during “The Talk” about police encounters? For the monthly #ManYouWanttoBe discussion, Marie Roker-Jones, senior editor, The Good Men Project and her co-host, Dr. Vibe chatted with Steve Silverman of Flex Your Rights about what parents need to talk to their sons about police encounters.
Steve Silverman shared how his organization is helping citizens become informed and educated when stopped by the police. Steve also addressed misconceptions on what one can or can say during a police search. Check out this interview and learn your rights.
Steve Silverman is the founder and executive director of Flex Your Rights (Flex). In his formative years, Silverman did back-to-back internships with the Cato Institute and Families Against Mandatory Minimums. There he became sensitized to the twin evils of overcriminalization and overincarceration in the United States.
Silverman then worked for the national campus effort to repeal a federal law cutting college financial aid to students with drug convictions. As part of this grassroots work, he discovered that the vast majority of people are mystified by the basic rules of police search and seizure and due process of law.
Steve has a video available on his website 10 Rules for Dealing With the Police.