ORDAINED REVEREND and professional bike pornographer Phil
Sano certainly knows how to get into trouble. He estimates he has been
arrested or cited by the Portland Police Bureau more than a dozen
times. There have been good times (his most recent birthday
party/flaming torch parade reportedly attracted 15 cop cars) and bad (a
routine stop last summer spiraled into getting Tasered multiple times),
but now Reverend Phil is revealing his surefire secrets to getting
arrested in the Rose City.

1. Show no fear.

2. Maintain ignorance: Do not know what you cannot get away
with.

3. Respect your rights more than an officer does. For
example, some people take their right to party very seriously. Many a
drunk has wound up on the wrong side of the law after failing the “How
much do I care about this half a can of Hamm’s?” test.

4. When a cop tells you to leave and another asks you to stay
and clean up, stay and clean up. You will be taken into custody
immediately.

5. If you’re going to break the law, do it in a highly stupid
way. Preferably in front of cameras. Don’t even bother with any sort of
white-collar profitable crime, you’ll never get caught for that
shit.

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Sarah Shay Mirk reported on transportation, sex and gender issues, and politics at the Mercury from 2008-2013. They have gone on to make many things, including countless comics and several books.

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