Miranda Rights / Important or Not?

Junebug0616 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:41:01 EDT

Eaton Rapids Officer detains, questions, arrests, but never reads Miranda Rights!

I am starting this Blog to get feed back, from other concerned citizens. My son was involved in a scuffle in Eaton Rapids. I won't get into any specifics about the incident at this point. My main concern is that he was asked to come to the station to give a written statement of his account, which he did - but then he was questioned nicely at first then tricked, lied to and coerced in to telling way more than he should have, not knowing that he had the option not to do so.

His Miranda Rights were never read to him, not even as the cuffs went on and he was taken to the Charlotte Jail where he spent the night.

We the (parents) were forced to put up $500.00 Non-Returnable bond money and turn over the title to our car, our ONLY car, to the bond agency to get him out. The so called offended person (that was involved just as much) has not and still does not want to press any charges, and shouldn't because he is just as much to blame, but his offences weren't turned into an issue. So now the state/Prosecuting Attorney takes over.