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Do any of you keep a lawyer on hand? Like made a deposit and have him/her ready to call? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Was watching this video and it clicked that you could be fucked on a lie and can't do shit but go to jail and wait for a judge - https://youtu.be/-4D5V19zqFc

I knew this before, but this video brought it home. Paraplegic accused of kicking down a door and dumbass cops not doing anything "but their jobs", no common sense at all.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

I actually tried calling a few lawyers to establish myself with them before it’s needed, but none of the lawyers I talked to were interested. they all told me to just call them if I get arrested or something else happens. 🤷

[–] [email protected] 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

You don’t usually keep defense lawyers on retainer

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

Unless you're the mob.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago

Yeah, I had the same thing. They were basically like call us back when you actually have legal problems.

I think they just don't want the accounting headache of reporting thousands of small retainers for no real purpose.