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.

  • CptHacke@lemm.eeEnglish
    8·
    19 days ago

    This is definitely a rich person thing, at least in the USA. Most people I know and associate with don’t have the kind of money to keep a lawyer on retainer.

  • UberKitten@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    5·
    19 days ago

    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. 🤷

    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      19 days 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.

  • Nanook@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    19 days ago

    Yes. Our dad advised us to have a lawyer and an accountant on retainer.

      • Nanook@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        19 days ago

        Depends on where you live and the lawyer. It costs me a few hundred euros a year, and whenever I have a question or need something legalese, she’s just a call away.

  • Hossenfeffer@feddit.ukEnglish
    1·
    19 days ago

    I mean, I have a lawyer I’ve used for a few things over the last decade or so, and they’d be my goto, but they’re not on retainer.