You have the right....

[mikelewis]

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney, if you can not afford and attorney, one will be appointed to you. Do you understand these rights as I have read them to you?

This is our bill of rights now.

[uppityperson]

1. and even this has been challenged.

[mikelewis]

3. Well, not technically, you still have the right to remain silent...

they'll just torture you to death. You also have a right to an attorney, his name is Mr. Prosecutor.

[atommom]

2. The attorney part is gone now. And the silence part isn't such a hot idea

either...

[Sydnie]

4. Nope, that's too much

You have the right to remain silent. Doing so could mean torture or rendition, but that's your choice. You have the right to an attorney, at your own expense, if we think you need one. Your location may or may not be revealed to your attorney. Do you understand these rights as I have read them to you?

[htuttle]

5. Know Your Rights

This is a public service announcement
With guitar
Know your rights all three of them

Number 1
You have the right not to be killed
Murder is a crime!
Unless it was done by a
Policeman or aristocrat
Know your rights

And number 2
You have the right to food money
Providing of course you
Don’t mind a little
Investigation, humiliation
And if you cross your fingers
Rehabilitation

Know your rights
These are your rights
Wang

Know these rights

Number 3
You have the right to free
Speech as long as you’re not
Dumb enough to actually try it.

Know your rights
These are your rights
All three of ’em
It has been suggested
In some quarters that this is not enough!
Well..............................

Get off the streets
Get off the streets
Run
You don’t have a home to go to
Smush

Finally then I will read you your rights

You have the right to remain silent
You are warned that anything you say
Can and will be taken down
And used as evidence against you

Listen to this
Run
-- The Clash, 1982

[Mythsaje]

6. I could hear it in my head

as I read it. It's been years since I've heard it.

BTW...what's the quote on your sig line from?

[htuttle]

8. The top line is from an ad on a blimp in BladeRunner

The bottom line is a saying in Creole that I added after Katrina. It translates roughly as, "The Cemetery, oh it is full of people. Baron asks if all those people are there by God's will?"

[Mythsaje]

9. The top line sounded vaguely familiar...thanks...n/t

[EFerrari]

7. These rights are not generally read to people arrested in

SF county.

Before I got him a real doc, Doug used to go into paranoid states and dial 911, tell them that I was a threat to him or that I was violent. The cops would come and arrest me on his report, and I'd be out in less than 24 hours -- after signing that form that says you were just "detained" and not "arrested".

No one ever read me my rights, not one. single. time.

This probably happened at least 5 times before the PD got a clue. That, and my wholly virgin record before I married someone with undiagnosed mental illness. Long story short, Doug has the care he needs and the PD and I have kissed and made up.

But this arresting people in sloppy ways happens every day. Fyi.