A person has a 5th amendment right to not incriminate themselves, which has popularly been interpreted as "the right to remain silent." This right is inherent in everybody at all times and doesn't begin only when a police officer "reads you your rights."
Exercising one's Constitutional rights is not, in and of itself, probable cause for arrest.
-PJ
52 posted on 01/23/2023 9:22:56 AM PST by Political Junkie Too
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