Redwood Curtain CopWatch, based in the north coast of California, is part of a larger movement of self organized CopWatch groups throughout the US. Our local efforts seek to intervene in the drastic rise of the presence, militarization, and violence of the police, and build support networks based on self-determination, caring, and concrete needs.
Earl Warren
Supreme Court Miranda Ruling: Suspects Must Explicitly Tell Police They Want To Remain Silent
Submitted by copwatch on Thu, 06/10/2010 - 3:36pmThe case is Berghuis v. Thompkins, 08-1470. CLICK HERE for the Supreme Court Ruling
Want to invoke your right to remain silent? You'll have to speak up.
In a narrowly split decision, the Supreme Court's conservative majority expanded its limits on the famous Miranda rights for criminal suspects on Tuesday – over the dissent of new Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who said the ruling turned Americans' rights of protection from police abuse "upside down."
