Ohio police shot black man 60 times

[Superbadbrutha]

If you haven't broken any laws you don't have to answer any questions and what the hell is a suspicious person?

 

[Bootney Lee Farnsworth]

If you haven't broken any laws you don't have to answer any questions and what the hell is a suspicious person?

We're back to the fundamental questions surrounding the purpose of police.

Do police have the authority to investigate?

Start there.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

We're back to the fundamental questions surrounding the purpose of police.

Do police have the authority to investigate?

Start there.

Yep when a law is broken they do.

 

[pknopp]

Did they tell him he was free to go?

They do not have to. They had no reason to hold him.

 

[pknopp]

We're back to the fundamental questions surrounding the purpose of police.

Do police have the authority to investigate?

Start there.

Investigate what?

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Yep when a law is broken they do.

You have the constitutional right to remain silent. In general, you do not have to talk to law enforcement officers (or anyone else)

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

If you haven't broken any laws you don't have to answer any questions and what the hell is a suspicious person?

A person called police for a person acting oddly. They went to check it out and found a man behaving peculiar wearing a ski mask in the heat of the summer so they stopped him to ask some questions. That's all. Had he just answered the questions and listened to orders, he would have been allowed to leave or driven home.

 

[pknopp]

You have the constitutional right to remain silent. In general, you do not have to talk to law enforcement officers (or anyone else)

The police have an obligation to inform you why they are not letting you leave also. We don't like the way you are dressed isn't good enough.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

A person called police for a person acting oddly. They went to check it out and found a man behaving peculiar wearing a ski mask in the heat of the summer so they stopped him to ask some questions. That's all. Had he just answered the questions and listened to orders, he would have been allowed to leave or driven home.

You have the constitutional right to remain silent. In general, you do not have to talk to law enforcement officers (or anyone else)

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

You have the constitutional right to remain silent. In general, you do not have to talk to law enforcement officers (or anyone else)

You don't have that right until you are under arrest.

 

[Ralph Norton]

If you haven't broken any laws you don't have to answer any questions and what the hell is a suspicious person?

You don't have to, but you can still be held temporarily for an investigative detention.
Do you really not know what a suspicious person might be?
How about a white guy walking around your neighborhood at midnight with a baseball bat in one hand and a rope in the other?

 

[pknopp]

A person called police for a person acting oddly. They went to check it out and found a man behaving peculiar wearing a ski mask in the heat of the summer so they stopped him to ask some questions. That's all. Had he just answered the questions and listened to orders, he would have been allowed to leave or driven home.

They found a guy walking home from the store. He didn't have to listen to any orders. They are facing prison time.

 

[pknopp]

You don't have that right until you are under arrest.

Yes you do. You always have that right. Your 5th Amendment rights don't kick in upon arrest. They exist at all times.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

You don't have that right until you are under arrest.

Wrong, you are not obligated to talk to the police.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

You don't have to, but you can still be held temporarily for an investigative detention.
Do you really not know what a suspicious person might be?
How about a white guy walking around your neighborhood at midnight with a baseball bat in one hand and a rope in the other?

What is suspicious about it?

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Wrong, you are not obligated to talk to the police.

Correct. They can take you to the police station and legally hold you for 72 hours for questioning.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

They found a guy walking home from the store. He didn't have to listen to any orders. They are facing prison time.

No they are not. I dug up my own article and it said there were no charges against the officers.

 

[Superbadbrutha]

Correct. They can take you to the police station and legally hold you for 72 hours for questioning.

Only if there is reason to believe you have committed a crime.

 

[Ralph Norton]

What is suspicious about it?

So you're just going to play stupid, eh?
What if he was covered in blood? Is that suspicious enough for you now?

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

And folks, this is a perfect example of why we need to divide this country into two countries instead: One side for them, and the other side for us law abiding Republican citizens.