It should be the responsibility of citizens to learn and understand their due process rights not for law enforcement to have to tell every criminal how not to incriminate themselves.

If someone can’t go on google and read the 5th-8th amendments before going out and doing some dumb and illegal shit then they deserve to be clueless thinking they have to answer questions during interrogation and be dead in the water when their trial comes.

Its easy to search “Do Americans have the right to a lawyer” on google.

TLDR: Knowing and understanding your rights should be the responsibility of citizens not cops.

  • kersploosh@sh.itjust.works
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    Miranda rights (and your legal rights in general) should be recited by cops, reviewed annually in schools, and drilled into people at every opportunity. If you find yourself in cuffs, or even just approached by a cop on the street for a seemingly casual discussion, you may not be clear-headed and that stuff needs to be burned into your subconscious.

    Speaking of which, it’s Friday. Time for the weekly review (NSFW, language).

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6tfEZI54Jg