Supreme Court rules: Suspects must say they want to be silent for rights to be upheld

[Matt Collins]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/01/AR2010060101378.html?hpid=topnews


The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that suspects must explicitly tell police they want to be silent to invoke Miranda protections during criminal interrogations, a decision one dissenting justice said turns defendants' rights "upside down."




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[dannno]

http://img2.moonbuggy.org/imgstore/wtf-is-this-shit.jpg

[devil21]

Translation:

You must not remain silent if you wish to remain silent. The very act of opening your mouth gives police the motivation to try to trap you. This is one majorly fucked up ruling.

[Matt Collins]

You must break your silence in order to remain silent. Typical Orwellian governmental newsspeak!

[Vessol]

http://bluntobject.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/double-facepalm.jpg

[devil21]

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h60/devil21_photos/ahmadfacepalm.jpg

[specsaregood]

Obligatory:
YouTube - Don't Talk to Cops, Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8z7NC5sgik)
YouTube - Don't Talk to Cops, Part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08fZQWjDVKE&feature=related)


Just in case some here haven't watched it.

[LibertyWorker]

I don't need a bunch of men and women in the federal government wearing black dresses to interpret a piece of paper I am perfectly capable of reading and understanding on my own.

Anyone who interprets that piece of paper differently than it plainly reads is my enemy.

[Matt Collins]

Anyone who interprets that piece of paper differently than it plainly reads is my enemy.Reminds me of this song:

YouTube - Know Your Enemy Music video- Rage Against The Machine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpfigvFhKdQ)

[acptulsa]

That's what one's longest finger is for. Nothing like sign language to put this insane Supreme Court in its place.

Dammit, Mrs. Justice O'Connor, I know you love your husband but we needed you right where you were!! Look at these @#%$*s!

[Brett]

How do you tell someone you want to remain silent?

[acptulsa]

How do you tell someone you want to remain silent?

Are you missing your key digits?

Hope not. I could drive in traffic without either of my opposable thumbs, but I doubt I could long endure it without those...

[Inflation]

So the Gov can violate my Right to remain silent, unless I invoke it into existence with the correct, Court-prescribed magical words of incantation?

Good thing the only word in my vocabulary is "LAWYER!" Shouted at the top of my lungs.

How did we manage to survive as a nation for so long, with our Rights being respected regardless of magic 'Open Sesame!' phrases to protect and announce them?

This ruling will be laughed out of court by a JURY the first time somebody simply clams up and extends their middle fingers.