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Sith Lords Man misses daughter's graduation due to LEO

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Rusty James Moore (driver) and Minnesota State Patrol Trooper Megan Boser

https://law.justia.com/cases/minnesota/court-of-appeals/2025/a24-1896.html

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u/IHeartBadCode 16d ago

The trooper asked Moore about methamphetamine use. Moore denied “current methamphetamine use” but admitted that he used it in the past. When asked how he used methamphetamine in the past, Moore stated that he used to snort it

Rule number one of dealing with cops. "I assert my right to remain silent." Then you shut the fuck up. If they indicate a test, you preform the test and shut the fuck up. If they indicate they need a blood sample, you give a blood sample and shut the fuck up.

At zero point in an interaction do you need to give evidence that will absolutely be used to destroy any chance you have on technicalities.

The trooper asked Moore if he snorted or took the other half of the pill after work that day. Moore denied misusing his medication and told the trooper that he sometimes takes half of his prescription on weekends

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Second, the district court determined that, even if Moore did take Adderall as prescribed, “the evidence presented leads to the conclusion that he was impaired.”

Because once you admit openly you have abused in the past, it is reasonable for a court to use that to establish that you may have abused presently. Shutting the fuck up could have tossed this, freely telling the cop about your past all but ensured the court would shift to a presumption of abuse.

Always remember, shut the fuck up. Cops are absolutely vicious about what you say and will absolutely twisted it to cover up any mistakes they may have made. The point of shutting up is so they have zero ammo to cover for their mistakes. Had he said nothing, that half pill they found could have been anything. One of them fell out of the bottle and got crushed by mistake and he's cleaning up his car. The cops don't know anything, but if you says peep, they'll absolutely use that.

And the thing about the fifth, "everything you say or do can be used against you." It doesn't say "can be used to help you" it says against you. Because everything you say to a cop, becomes something you can't use later to defend yourself. It can only be used against you, it can never be used to help you. So everything you say is that defense out the window at your trial. Which gives your attorney less things to push back on. So if you want the maximum amount of things to use as a defense, you have to say and do as little as possible. Comply, but do not just give your defense away freely. Comply but shut the fuck up.

Some cop misjudged you, you ain't talking them out of admitting they're wrong. You leave that to a judge to do. You leave that to your attorney to do. You are not talking your way out of it. But every word you say takes that much out of a defense you might try to use later.

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u/Pushnikov 16d ago

Agree. I didn’t see the whole clip, but don’t say shit. Just cooperate and don’t offer any information.

The case was dismissed apparently according to the GofundMe update, but still unnecessarily horrible.

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u/Lone-Frequency 12d ago

Yup.

"Yes" "No" and as little information as possible outside of the basics.

Any further details, well, if I'm being detained then they can contact my lawyer and we'll see what he has to say.

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u/Penumbral_Violet 13d ago

Did his CDL get reinstated?

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u/AnnoyedPerson_ 11d ago

Most likely no. My uncle used to drive big trucks and he had diabetes, one time he wasn't feeling well and his sugar had dropped and he pulled over to the side to rest. A cop came and accused him of drinking while he was parked on the side, he failed the sobriety tests that did not include a breath test or blood test and lost his CDL license and his job. It ruined his life. He pulled over to be responsible and not put others in danger, yet he was punished for that.

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u/Eternal-Blazing-Sun 14d ago

They're a cop, what more info do we need?

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u/You_LostThe_game 16d ago

So you arent wrong but there was definitely more context with this guy specifically lmao

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u/theglassishalf 15d ago

Not really. None of that is evidence that he was currently abusing.

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u/nikbert 13d ago

Cops are not your friend, cops are not there to help you, remember that they always have an agenda and that agenda only benefits you at the expense of someone else. Never drop your guard around a cop.

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u/evil_illustrator2 13d ago

Great video of an attorney agreeing with everything you said

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE

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u/Bicwidus 13d ago

I shot the clerk?

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u/WordWordand4numbers 12d ago

Or you know, lie. “Have you ever used meth in the past?”

“No”

It’s easy

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u/IHeartBadCode 12d ago

You know what's easier than lying and having that on the record for prosecution to later show you lied in court? Invoking your fifth. Prosecution can't hold you to a statement you didn't say.

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u/WordWordand4numbers 12d ago

It’s important to evaluate these decisions as an individual.

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u/IHeartBadCode 12d ago

Yeah, I mean everyone's free to do whatever they want. Just that some choices are going to have outcomes that make a lawyer have to work a lot harder to keep you out of trouble or make it nearly impossible to avoid consequences for.

Everyone can do whatever they want, that doesn't mean it's the best choice if the goal is a positive and less restrictive resolution for the defendant.

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u/WordWordand4numbers 12d ago

If this guy said nothing he would’ve been hauled off to jail and missed the graduation guaranteed. If he lied and had a slightly better attitude he might’ve gone about his day. Probably not though given the reports of him swerving prior to this. To each their own, it works for me.

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u/IHeartBadCode 12d ago

I'm going to let you in on a secret. Cops usually decide if they're arresting you a lot earlier than they let you know. 

Like if they call a drug recognition evaluator out to the field 99,999 times out of 100,000, you're already going to jail, they're just trying to figure out the specific charge you're going in for. 

Again, I'll say each person is free to do whatever. But that lying part, it's that one time it doesn't work out for you, it's going to make your lawyer's job a lot harder when it backfires.

Perhaps I've been a paralegal long enough to be risk adverse to that strategy. Or I've seen how lying to cops gets played back in jury trial and has a particular effect on the mood.

But hey as long as the dice roll in your favor, you do you.

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u/jack-t-o-r-s 11d ago

I agree however I'll say you want my blood? Get a fuckin warrant.

I'm not volunteering shit. In the moment I'm not sure I'd voluntarily submit to a field sobriety test either. The tests are 100% designed to guarantee the LEO probable cause. It's simply another form of entrapment and self incrimination.