Reply #97: you should even avoid talking to a cop, even if you called 911. [View All]

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My brother called 911 at his old apartment building while I was visiting him, because a drug dealer right outside the hall was beating up a client (I don't know why). Calling 911 was a mistake. When the cops got there, they arrested the drug dealer, but also knocked on my brother's door and told him, in full view of the drug dealer, that since he had called 911 he needed to give a statement. I shut the door in the cop's face and told my brother we did not have to answer the door. My brother had to quickly pack up that night and move out of his apartment, as the drug dealer was likely bailed out by his boss, and knew who had called 911.