to the rest in order to help you here are two articles in which you can see that the even the supreme court agrees with me that you cannot be silent...
you have to assert your rights...
here is a list perhaps is easier to understand...
this is just one example of why you need to assert your rights to the police... and that being "silent" is not even recognized...
1.) if you are completely silent... you are giving implied consent...
2.) you need to assert your rights... right away...
3.) you need to let them know that they do not have the authority over your body...
4.) if you dont assert your rights... they will substitute and limit your rights for the ones they tell you that you can have...
5.) being silent is not recognized as a right, unless you assert it right from the beginning...
6.) Never Never ever ever answer Any of their questions with an affirmative as in NEVER answer yes... dont even answer Any of their questions...
here are the articles regarding the supreme court decision regarding "silence"... and why the title of this thread is why i had to speak up to inform that being silent to police is a very bad idea and also that again if you are silent... that gives them consent over you...
read the articles and you can see that even the supreme court agrees with what i have said about asserting your rights Verbally and to do so right away...
and it also proves that you should Never ever answer in the affirmative to any of the questions they give you because (even though this guy thompson was guilty and did deserve to be locked up so he couldnt hurt anyone else again) it only shows you that the police are skilled at the art of manipulation and intimidation in order to produce the results they want... regardless of whether or not someone is guilty... so they will try to trick you and in order to not let them you must first assert your rights as i have earlier stated... And you must Not Be Silent...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...060102114.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/02/us/02scotus.html
this is one reason why you cannot be silent and you need to assert your rights right away... does this better clarify it perhaps???