know your rights
Learn legal protections
Know your rights is an imperative phrase urging awareness of one's legal protections, especially during encounters with authority.
It appears in civil liberties campaigns, protest contexts, and legal aid materials: Know your rights if you're stopped by police.
The phrase implies that ignorance leaves people vulnerable to exploitation or abuse.
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- arrestSeize by law
- citizen's arrestCivilian detaining suspected criminal
- lawyerLicensed legal representative
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know your rightsblind obedience
Compliance without critical thought
roll over · powerlessness · helplessness · learned helplessness
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