Typically, we think that helping others shouldn’t be too much of a hassle for us. After all, putting somegoodnessinto the world is always beneficial, isn’t it? Well, today’s OP might have a slightly different opinion.
This change of opinion happened when they called for help for their problematic neighbor who overdosed. As a result, the police started suspecting them of being involved, which caused a lot of stress and potential legal trouble for them. And who wouldn’t change their opinion about good deeds in a situation like that, right?
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Good deeds are intended to put more virtue into the universe, yet sometimes, trying to do good has an unintended backlash for the person
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The OP had a neighbor who was not only a terrible person but also was quite frequently involved with law enforcement
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One day, this neighbor overdosed, and his wife wanted the author’s help to call 911
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So, they did, but when the police arrived, it became clear that they suspected the author of being involved in the party where the overdose happened
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This made the author spiral into panic, as they weren’t actually involved and just wanted to do a good deed
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Fortunately, some evidence came up that cleared the police’s suspicions, but the author didn’t feel like that was the end
One day,theseneighbors caused a stir for the originalposter,and they ended up describing the whole situation and asking for legal advice online. So,Bored Pandareached out toJudge’sAssistantJurgitaKasinavičiūtėfromthe Kaunas chamber of the Kaunas district court to talk a little bit about the legal stuff thatcan be appliedto this story. Butlet’snot get ahead of ourselves. First,let’sfigure out what happened, shall we?
Basically, if the story is happening in the United States, the person can apply their5th Amendmentrights. No person canbe heldto answer unless there are somespecialcircumstances.
Well,at leastfrom whatwas toldin the Reddit post, itdidn’tseem thatany of theOP’srightswere violated. Yet, they described thatit looked like the policedidn’treally believe their explanation and thought that they were partying along with theneighborwho overdosed, which wassurelynot the case.
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Thismade the person worry that they mightbe accusedof somethingthey’reinnocent of.For cases like this, Jurgita advises that the best thing to do isto find alawyerwho specializesin the needed area.“People tend to panic whenthey’rein a situation like this, and they might do something they regret later. They also might not be fully aware of their rights and responsibilities, which can lead them to not complete necessary legal actions in time, even though ignorance of the law is no excuse.”
Thankfully, later, the police ran a background check and listened to the 911 call, which made them cross out their theory about the OP’s involvement. Yet, the person is still worried that it’s not the end of it all and that some troubles might arise for them later. So, as we said previously, they turned to the internet for legal advice, even though there are some whostatethat asking for such things online isn’t the best idea, as you can never be sure where the answer might come from.
Later on, the author added an update related to this reminder. They, in fact, had a camera on their car. It seems that if the policeask for any kind of proof, the person will give it to them as proof that their description of events wastrue.Additionally, just in case, they added more cameras around their home, as they suspectthat it willall turn into a huge legal mess soon.After all,it’simportanttohave proofyou’renot guilty,isn’tit?
Jurgita says so,too. She pointed out that any type of evidence gathered in a legal way, especially ifit’sfresh, isuseful.Also, cooperation with pre-trial investigation institutionsis viewedpositivelywhen it comes tosentencing.
So, they reached out for some legal advice online, where the majority of netizens advised them to get a lawyer and even reminded them about another source of evidence — cameras
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