Phatscotty wrote:Also, does anyone have a problem with this guy not being read the miranda rights?
That's an excellent discussion question, PS.
As far as me, I don't have a problem for two reasons: (1) if people are denied constitutional rights in the heat of the moment or in response to a specific set of circumstances that's bad, however, the public safety exception was established by a court decades ago in a study setting, not by an executive branch decree today in response to this incident and during the height of public hysteria (in which case I would definitely have a problem), (2) even under the exception, he can't be subject to investigative questioning until his Miranda rights are read, only questions about extant threats, so the possibility of him giving a self-incriminating statement should, hopefully, be lessened.