New Jersey troopers arrest woman for remaining silent during traffic stop

[Cheese Sandwich]

Two New Jersey state troopers cuffed a woman along a Warren County roadway and hauled her in on an obstruction charge because she refused to answer questions during a routine traffic stop, according to dashboard camera footage obtained by NJ Advance Media.

The Oct. 16 incident, which happened near the New Jersey-Pennsylvania border on Route 519, is now the subject of a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by the woman, Rebecca Musarra, an attorney from Philadelphia.

Musarra claims in the suit the troopers violated basic rules familiar to anybody who's ever watched a police show on TV, including the right to remain silent.

She claims at least three troopers insisted during the ordeal that her refusal to answer questions was a criminal act.
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http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/05/video_troopers_arrest_woman_for_remaining_silent_d.html

[Jackie Wilson Said]

1. She had a right to do that but cops dont care.

[1StrongBlackMan]

3. See #2.

[1StrongBlackMan]

2. One of the biggest myths in the law ...

Yes ... You have the right to remain silent; but know, you will likely be arrested and your vehicle searched.

[Cheese Sandwich]

4. Cops need to learn they can't arrest people for refusing to participate in roadside interrogations

She's suing the state troopers. The people of New Jersey will probably have to pay a settlement.

[1StrongBlackMan]

6. Okay. What law school did you go to?

[Cheese Sandwich]

9. The law school of I read the article and they said sorry and released her without charges.

[snort]

13. LOL

Drop the mic..

[Cheese Sandwich]

14. On the other hand she's just lucky they didn't kill her

You're right too. It's true if you choose to flex your rights it's definitely taking a risk.

[scscholar]

5. Cops are always Republicans

it's how they be.

[zebonaut]

7. And then he reads her rights "You have the right to remain silent"

[catnhatnh]

10. Yeah-I posted that on facebook

With the title "Watch irony die!".

[CompanyFirstSergeant]

8. Never, never, ever go...

...to New Jersey.

Never.

[Feeling the Bern]

11. Pigs will lie and do anything to get you into jail. They claim they defend the constitution

but they trample it all the time, politicians give them cover with laws projecting them and Americans give cops reach arounds when the cops are found out to be wrong (but a cop is never wrong).

Never talk to a cop. Never say anything to a cop. Invoke your right to remain silent and record everything.

[proverbialwisdom]

12. More.

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/05/do_you_have_to_talk_to_police_when_they_pull_you_o.html