RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT

WHY ARE SO MANY ADOLESCENTS FACED WITH SERIOUS JAIL TIME? AN ASTOUNDING 93% OF THE YOUTH ARE CHARGED WITH FELONIES ACCORDING TO A SPEECH GIVEN BY THE COMMISSIONER OF DEPARTMENT CORRECTIONS, MARTIN HORN WHO SPOKE IN CITY HALL IN 2008.
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU HEARD OF A PERSON BEING VIOLATED OF THEIR RIGHTS? WE HEAR THESE STORIES ALL THE TIME ABOUT AN ADOLESCENT WHOSE BEEN IMPRISONED ONLY TO TELL ON THEMSELVES. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY NOTHING, BUT TOO OFTEN THESE KIDS ARE PRESSURED AS A DIRECT RESULT OF LACK OF EXPERIENCE WITH THE SYSTEM AND POLICE TACTICS. I KNOW YOU WATCH 48 HOURS. 95% OF THOSE CASES ARE SOLVED BECAUSE THE PERSON DON'T KNOW THEIR RIGHTS AND FLAP THEIR GUMS. AS A CITIZEN, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO THE FIFTH AMENDMENT. YOU DONT HAVE TO SAY A WORD TO THE POLICE WHEN THEY DETAIN YOU. LOOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS! THEY TELL YOU IN ADVANCE: "YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT, ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN AND WILL BE USED AGAINST YOU IN THE COURT OF LAW". HOW CAN YOU MISS THE FIRST FEW WORDS? THEY KNOW YOU HAVE THAT RIGHT, BUT AS AUTHORITY FIGURES THEY TEND TO BEND THE LAW TO SUIT THEIR NEEDS. HENCE, THE GOOD COP BAD COP ROLE. THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO QUESTION YOU WHEN YOU PLEAD THE FIFTH. IF THEY'RE STILL INTERROGATING YOU, THAT SHOULD SIGNAL TO YOU THEY HAVE NO CASE. 95% OF THE TIME, THEY DON'T! THEY'RE WAITING ON YOU TO VOLUNTARILY OPEN YOUR MOUTH SO THEY CAN USE YOUR WORDS AGAINST YOU. THE POLICE ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS, REMEMBER THAT! I DONT CARE HOW MANY SLICES OF PIZZA YOU ATE IN THE PRECINCT. THESE ARE TACTICS TO MAKE ANY JUVENILE WARM UP SINCE THEY DON'T REALIZE ITS ALL PART OF THEIR TACTICS. SAY NOTHING I SAY! IF YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH, YOUR ONLY INCRIMINATING YOURSELF. THEN YOU'LL BE SUSPENDED IN TIME FOR WHATEVER THEY SAID YOU DID WHETHER YOUR GUILTY OR NOT. I KNOW FRIENDS RIGHT NOW SERVING 25 YEARS TO LIFE FOR A CRIME THEY DIDNT COMMIT. YOU ASK WHY? BECAUSE THEY DIDNT EXCERCISE THEIR RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT. ITS THAT SIMPLE! ONCE YOU OPEN YOUR MOUTH, YOU LOSE THAT RIGHT AND IT BECOMES A CONFESSION. SO THE NEXT TIME YOUR KIDS OR MAYBE YOU GET IN A SITUATION, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR. BE QUIET, ASK FOR A LAWYER, AND BE PATIENT. TRUST ME, I KNOW!