Has a police officer ever had to read you the Miranda rights?
@highflyingxangel (9225)
United States
August 28, 2008 1:12pm CST
I must say I never thought I'd be in a position where I'd have to have my rights read to me. You know, the rights that start with, "you have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.." those rights.
Since the issues has been resolved I feel comfortable posting about this here now. We have a roommate this year that had an iPod stolen and looked everywhere for it for awhile before finally deciding it indeed was stolen and that she needed to file a report so she called campus police and they came and sat with her as she filled out a report on the stolen iPod. Because my roommate and her roommate live in the apartment with her, we were the first suspects in the case.
So that night, after she reported the item missing, the police officer had to come back and question us about the day in question of which the iPod went missing. Before anything could happen, he told us we were not in trouble or under arrest but we had to get read the Miranda rights anayway. Then we had to give statements and then handwrite those statements.
Thankfully, the iPod in question was returned. A girl came and told her that she had 'left it in her room' which to me just screams suspicious as we know she's been in and out of our apartment several times, especially around the time it went missing. I'm just glad it was returned and we are no longer suspects. I had two roommates last year that had iPods and they still have them so why would I take one now? Besides their room is their room, I wouldn't enter or touch anything without asking. It's not right to do so otherwise.
So, have you ever been read the Miranda rights by a police officer? Was it because of a misunderstanding or something else?
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@cher913 (25781)
• Canada
28 Aug 08
no, i am not american but i am interested in the history of the miranda rights. it was first started in 1966 when a fellow by the name of Miranda felt he wasnt explained his rights correctly. he then brought a case against the courts in Miranda v Arizona (here is the link) it is interesting how our rights and freedoms change over the years! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_v._Arizona
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@highflyingxangel (9225)
• United States
28 Aug 08
I must say I never knew the history of them either until I was read the rights and decided to look into their history a bit more. It's rather interesting really.
@pkraj111 (2458)
• India
28 Aug 08
Hey, back here in my country no rights are read. The police can take some one into custody and give him a nice beating to find out if some one has committed a crime. I know it is inhuman but there is no law saying that the rights need to be read. Due to this many innocent people do suffer often.
I was once taken into custody when I was walking in a sensitive area. Suddenly a cop caught hold of me and started asking all sorts of questions. Unfortunately I forgot my ID proof that day and had to endure a night at station. I was not beaten to get any details, but that is only because I seemed to be too young to join those terror activities and i told them an uncle of mine is a police officer who can vouch for me.
It is almost 10 years back and I forgot that incident until you asked the question.
I was once taken into custody when I was walking in a sensitive area. Suddenly a cop caught hold of me and started asking all sorts of questions. Unfortunately I forgot my ID proof that day and had to endure a night at station. I was not beaten to get any details, but that is only because I seemed to be too young to join those terror activities and i told them an uncle of mine is a police officer who can vouch for me.
It is almost 10 years back and I forgot that incident until you asked the question.1 person likes this



