Awkward, ACAB, Cops and Work: Blankity Blank

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By Anonymous - 17/01/2013 17:15 - United States - Savage

Today, I finally got to conduct my first questioning of a suspect, who had been arrested in connection with a car theft. As I recited the Miranda warning to him, my mind went totally blank, and after a few seconds, he sarcastically continued the speech for me. FML

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By tgd4444 - 23/07/2011 10:29 - Malaysia

Today, I was arrested. The policeman threw me to the ground because I wouldn't answer his questions. This was after he told me I had the "right to remain silent". FML

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Chill

By daisyann - 15/07/2009 23:55 - United States

Today, I got pulled over for the first time. When the officer came up to my window, I immediately burst out into tears due to nervousness. He kept asking me for my licence and registration. Hysterical, I wasn't able to comply. He arrested me for not cooperating. FML

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Busted

By bustedfornuthin - 08/09/2010 04:42 - United States

Today, I was arrested by the police for sitting in what they thought was a stolen vehicle. After being slammed into the back of a squad car at gunpoint, they realized the car was actually recovered a week ago. FML

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By Jesse - 01/08/2009 19:24 - United States

Today, I got pulled over for the first time since I got my license. I have disorganized speech and occasional inappropriate emotional response. I began to laugh due to nervousness and when I tried to explain why, I was arrested because he thought I was high. FML

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By goodgrief - 05/03/2013 05:08 - United States - Rio Rancho

Today, I parked next to a police officer's car in a bad part of town. When I got out, I saw a bag of pot on the ground between the cop's car and mine. When I pointed it out to him, he insisted it was mine and interrogated me to the point of tears. FML

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Don't dick around with those guys

By Cuntface McGee - 21/02/2014 21:37 - Romania - Dej

Today, I was chilling out with my friend in a parking lot, when a police officer came up to the vehicle and suspiciously asked what we were up to. My friend sarcastically said, "Uh, doing drugs? Planning a drive-by? Haha!" We soon found ourselves in the back of a cop car. FML

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By ABBenzin - 01/02/2012 16:11 - United States

Today, I was breaking into a house when three police cruisers pulled up. They ran my social, my license plates, and asked me twenty minutes worth of questions, before allowing me to go back to work. I work as a locksmith; the homeowner had lost their keys. FML

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By tvaladie - 17/04/2009 00:19 - United States

Today, I was bored and decided it would be fun to pretend to be an undercover cop and pull over other cars. The first car I pulled over was a real undercover cop. FML

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Underage boozing

By drunk under 18 teenager - 19/08/2014 13:37 - Morocco - Marrakech

Today, I was hammered, and on my way home I walked into a policeman. My logic was, if I'm on the phone, he can't talk to me, so I pulled my phone out and started speaking. The officer then asked me why I was speaking to my wallet. FML

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Innocent

By Boyufd - 19/01/2019 12:00

Today, I almost got arrested. The cops put me in handcuffs without searching me first and told me that I "matched" the description of a package thief. Turns out, I didn't even closely fit the description of the suspect. FML

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Angel1000168 16

Friday 18 January 2013 3:41

I find it hilarious that he knows it well enough to recite under pressure yet its your job to remember it and you mindblanked.

nadnerbz 6

Friday 18 January 2013 3:42

21 jump street?

Comments

10showgirl 16

Saturday 19 January 2013 3:31

I'm guessing he's been arrested before.....

mark1970 10

Saturday 19 January 2013 8:34

Some bodies been arrested a lot. Unfortunately I hope you recited it back if you don't finish reading his rights his lawyer will have a field day.

rookciv 1

Saturday 19 January 2013 9:26

Read it from a card. Here in New York State they hand out the cards all the time. If you go to court then you tell them you read it from a card because if you said you memorized it and mess it up in court they will question whether it was read right.

sonnyrosa 32

Saturday 19 January 2013 14:28

I learned something new today. Would a case be thrown out because the Miranda rights weren't read properly?

sdroze1389 31

Sunday 5 April 2015 18:14

yes, if you're not properly read your Miranda rights the case it's a mud trial

nickolascronk 3

Saturday 19 January 2013 23:45

Will that hold up in court?

Fatboy05 1

Sunday 20 January 2013 17:20

That;s why you ALWAYS read Miranda from the card. I don't care how long you have been doing it (for me, going on 24 years) but I always read from the card. Yes, most of the people you deal with know their rights better then you do (which is why I feel it's antiquated to read it) but still if you do it from memory, some defense attorney will get you on the stand, when he/she finds out that you read it from memory, expect to be told to do it right then in court. Use the card and a digital recorder to confirm that you did it. I'd shut down some defense attorneys who claimed I never read miranda to their client when I sent them the audio recording. Hard to argue with that. My advise to you is to carry a recorder and use it. And in asnwer to Sonnyroas, the case may not get thrown out but any statements elicited after the faulty Miranda wraning would be suppressed and not allowd in evidence. It doesn't necessaritly mean the whole case is trashed depending on what other evidence. And, contrary to popular believe, LE does NOT have to read you your rights if they have intention of questioning you or if the questioning is non custodial. Like many things, it's not like the movies or television which are almost all total BS as far as procedures go.