N.J. troopers arrest woman for remaining silent during traffic stop

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The dashboard camera footage shows Stazzone approached the vehicle on the passenger side and asked Musarra for her license, registration and insurance.

"While you're looking for that, do you know why you're being pulled over tonight?" the trooper asked her, according to the tape. She claims she provided the documents but didn't respond.

After asking her several more times, Stazzone walked to the other side of her car, rapping on the window with his flashlight and again demanding a response.

"You're going to be placed under arrest if you don't answer my questions," he told her. Musarra claims the force of the flashlight chipped her window.

The footage shows she eventually told the trooper she was an attorney and that she did not have to answer questions. Stazzone then ordered her out of the vehicle.

As the two troopers cuffed her and walked her toward a troop car, Musarra asked them, "Are you detaining me because I refused to speak?"

"Yeah," Stazzone replied, according to the video. "Yeah, obstruction," Gosa added.


Yeah, another out of court settlement. These idiots arrested an Attorney for exercising her 5th Amendment Right and refusing to speak with them...

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[WillowTree]

So?

 

[jc456]

ditto

 

[reconmark]

So?

Don't worry...Officers violating the rights of citizens is a discussion you aren't prepared for...

 

[squeeze berry]

is your point that white lives matter?

 

[jc456]

So?

Don't worry...Officers violating the rights of citizens is a discussion you aren't prepared for...

what right did he violate? She had a choice, speak to the officer or go to the precinct and take care of it there. I'm not clear what the officers did wrong.

 

[reconmark]

is your point that white lives matter?

Post#4 should answer that stupid question....

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Meh the cops and the attorney were stupid

 

[squeeze berry]

is your point that white lives matter?

Post#4 should answer that stupid question....

it's hardly a new phenomenon and is not a current event

 

[Wyatt earp]

So?

It is a big deal...

 

[JakeStarkey]

Both sides were stupid.

 

[reconmark]

Both sides were stupid.

If she were simply exercising her right to remain silent, as was her 5th Amend Right and arrested for it, why read a person their rights at all???

 

[jc456]

Both sides were stupid.

If she were simply exercising her right to remain silent, as was her 5th Amend Right and arrested for it, why read a person their rights at all???

in the event there is anything said. Protects the police. It's why she wouldn't talk.

 

[reconmark]

Both sides were stupid.

If she were simply exercising her right to remain silent, as was her 5th Amend Right and arrested for it, why read a person their rights at all???

in the event there is anything said. Protects the police.

The reading of the person's Rights aren't there to protect the police...OMG!!!
They are read to protect the citizen...

 

[ogibillm]

Both sides were stupid.

what did she do wrong?

 

[Wyatt earp]

Both sides were stupid.

How so what the cops did was violate her rights, that's what you really are supposed to do in a traffic stop, keep your hands visible, and him the papers and don't blab anything.

 

[jc456]

Both sides were stupid.

If she were simply exercising her right to remain silent, as was her 5th Amend Right and arrested for it, why read a person their rights at all???

in the event there is anything said. Protects the police.

The reading of the person's Rights aren't there to protect the police...OMG!!!
They are read to protect the citizen...

no, it is to warn them that anything they say will be used against them. Therefore, after Mirandized folks who talk give up their rights and what they say can be used in court. So the police were making sure she knew this so that when they lock her ass up she was warned.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

When asked why she was pulled over all she had to say was give me my ticket and i'll be on my way.
Instead she wanted to be a smart ass....I'm sorry but I dont have any sympathy for people like her.

 

[reconmark]

Both sides were stupid.

If she were simply exercising her right to remain silent, as was her 5th Amend Right and arrested for it, why read a person their rights at all???

in the event there is anything said. Protects the police.

The reading of the person's Rights aren't there to protect the police...OMG!!!
They are read to protect the citizen...

no, it is to warn them that anything they say will be used against them. Therefore, after Mirandized folks who talk give up their rights and what they say can be used in court. So the police were making sure she knew this so that when they lock her ass up she was warned.

Maybe this topic is a little above your understanding, let's make it plain:

Every U.S. jurisdiction has its own regulations regarding what, precisely, must be said to a person arrested or placed in a custodial situation. The typical warning states:[4]
A General Miranda Warning.

• You have the right to remain silent and refuse to answer questions.
• Anything you say may be used against you in a court of law.
• You have the right to consult an attorney before speaking to the police and to have an attorney present during questioning now or in the future.
• If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you before any questioning if you wish.
• If you decide to answer questions now without an attorney present, you will still have the right to stop answering at any time until you talk to an attorney.
• Knowing and understanding your rights as I have explained them to you, are you willing to answer my questions without an attorney present?

If the defendant asserts his right to remain silent all interrogation must immediately stop and the police may not resume the interrogation unless the police have "scrupulously honored" the defendant's assertion and obtain a valid waiver before resuming the interrogation

The first and foremost protection is to the citizen's right to refuse to speak with the police...period.

 

[reconmark]

When asked why she was pulled over all she had to say was give me my ticket and i'll be on my way.
Instead she wanted to be a smart ass....I'm sorry but I dont have any sympathy for people like her.

You mean intelligent people that assert their Rights???