This is the Cato Daily Podcast for Thursday, November 3rd, 2016.

I'm Caleb Brown.

You should never talk to the police.

No, not in that situation.

And no, not in that case either. That's the message from James

Duane professor of law at Regent University and author of the new book, You Have the

right to Remain innocent. In that book he describes the advice that lawyers and cops give to their own

children, which is never talked to the police. We spoke last month.

What you have to say comes as no surprise to libertarians throughout the country, many of whom

came to know the case that you make in this book through the video that became so popular and I personally have shared

it a bunch of times and my friends who are criminal defense attorneys share it all over the

place.

But even for people who understand what their rights are and are clear on it and are almost

itching for the opportunity to assert those rights, there still is a desire to help

the police solve crimes and the biggest impediment in my head is, well, yeah, I would like to help the police solve

crimes and I would like to cooperate with them in their attempt to legitimately put bad people behind bars.

And of course, the title of your book is you have the right to remain innocent.

The title of the video, which I'm sure you did not select, was,

don't talk to the police or never talk to the police.

So let's reconcile that.

Sure, yes. You're right about, by the way, about your assumption.

The famous video that is on YouTube has been given multiple titles and none of them are selected

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