Pubdate: Wed, 20 Nov 2002
Source: Brown Daily Herald, The (RI Edu)
Copyright: 2002 The Brown Daily Herald
Contact:  http://www.browndailyherald.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/727
Author: Ben Kintisch

FREEDOM WEEK AN EVENT THE HERALD MUST COVER

To the Editor:

Students for a Sensible Drug Policy hosted its first campus-wide lecture as 
part of Freedom Week this week. Steven Silverman, from the organization 
Flex Your Rights (flexyourrights.org) spoke to about 100 students in 
Salomon 001 about asserting one's constitutional rights in police 
encounters. Silverman's presentation included a realistic portrayal of a 
police officer interrogating and subsequently arresting a suspect.

His talk emphasized that most drug-related arrests are avoidable if the 
person involved denies the interrogating officer permission to conduct a 
warrant-less search, keeps personal items out of plain view and remains 
courteous and polite throughout the encounter.

Students at Brown would be well-served to learn about such an important 
presentation in their newspaper. Please be sure to send a reporter to the 
next Freedom Week speaker, which will be an expert on drug policy reform 
from the ACLU. The event is Thursday, Nov. 21 in List 120.

Ben Kintisch '03

SSDP Vice President

Nov. 20