This is exactly what our entire society has completely forgotten!!!
Most everyone knows the first sentence of the third paragraph of The Declaration of Independence, "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
Strange how almost no-one remembers the next sentence, "That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,..."
The SOLE purpose of government is to PROTECT the (God given) RIGHTS of the people!!
One of the reasons for the “Miranda Rights” thing came about was this very thing. Protecting the rights of the accused.
Even though Mr. Miranda was found guilty in a LATER trial, the original case was overturned because he didn’t KNOW he had the legal rights to “be quiet” and had been intimidated by the cops before hand.
While I have no sympathy for a rapist - he still was “innocent until proven guilty”.
By kicking in a door and yelling “POLICE” the officers put themselves at risk, and the lives of INNOCENT PEOPLE at risk. Regardless whether they are known criminals, they still have rights until that trial finds them “Guilty”.
This is very simple. This is HOW it should be.
I’ve worked with many Law Enforcement folks over the years and most of them are jaded to the point they forget this stuff.
How MANY people are sitting in prison RIGHT NOW that are actually innocent because someone lied, or other things happened - or as one guy who just got out stated, “because the officer in charge wasn’t going to let anyone convince him I was actually innocent”.