Explosion at the Boston Marathon.

Myriad said:
They have to make them extra wide to fit "Commonwealth of Massachusetts" on there anyhow.

(No, not really.)

ETA: My guess is that the plate is actually something like "TRRST1" which might also explain why the DMV was willing to issue it.
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If the report is true- that would have to be it.
 
Just skimmed so sorry if this is a repeat, but if they aren't reading him his rights then they are treating him as an enemy combatant. (Iirc)
 
Interesting article in the Boston Globe with some background on the brothers and commentary from those who knew them. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (suspect #2) seems to have been an unlikely candidate for a murderous rampage, and yet there he was. Who know what goes on in the minds of others.

ETA: Expanded and updated Boston Globe article.
 
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Redtail said:
Just skimmed so sorry if this is a repeat, but if they aren't reading him his rights then they are treating him as an enemy combatant. (Iirc)
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I'm worried that this is going to come back to haunt them. I can see a defense attorney jumping all over this.
 
trustbutverify said:
If the report is true- that would have to be it.
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TEREST1
TRORST1
TRRORS1

ETA: After checking the Massachusetts DMV website, it says you can only have 6 spaces, even with a vanity plate... I'm going back to the idea CNN has lost it's collective mind and is reporting things they just think sound cool at this point.
 
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I'm on a boat!
 
This has to be the worst kind of time for a responsible journalist to work for a cable news network.
 
Public safety exception

The Miranda rule is not, however, absolute. An exception exists in cases of "public safety". This limited and case-specific exception allows certain unadvised statements (given without Miranda warnings) to be admissible into evidence at trial when they were elicited in circumstances where there was great danger to public safety.[8]
The public safety exception derives from New York v. Quarles, a case in which the Supreme Court considered the admissibility of a statement elicited by a police officer who apprehended a rape suspect who was thought to be carrying a firearm. The arrest took place in a crowded grocery store. When the officer arrested the suspect, he found an empty shoulder holster, handcuffed the suspect, and asked him where the gun was. The suspect nodded in the direction of the gun (which was near some empty cartons) and said, "The gun is over there". The Supreme Court found that such an unadvised statement was admissible in evidence because "n a kaleidoscopic situation such as the one confronting these officers, where spontaneity rather than adherence to a police manual is necessarily the order of the day, the application of the exception we recognize today should not be made to depend on post hoc findings at a suppression hearing concerning the subjective motivation of the police officer".[9] Thus, the jurisprudential rule of Miranda must yield in "a situation where concern for public safety must be paramount to adherence to the literal language of the prophylactic rules enunciated in Miranda". The rule of Miranda is not, therefore, absolute and can be a bit more elastic in cases of public safety.[8]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_warning#Public_safety_exception
 
Checkmite said:
No; that is not true. There is no such thing a domestic "enemy combatant".
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Maybe, of course the only evidence of his not being read is rights is hearsay atm.

Eta: or what rashmi just said.
 
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Redtail said:
Just skimmed so sorry if this is a repeat, but if they aren't reading him his rights then they are treating him as an enemy combatant. (Iirc)
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No, they're allowed to forego reading him his Miranda rights for a time, in the instances of national security, to inquire about certain things. They want to know of more possible bombs, boobie (sp?) traps, etc. Nothing about the initial attack, nothing that would put their case in jeopardy. At least that's what I understand.
 
Mike! said:
Maybe it was a Euro plate, those things are pretty wide.
Then again... Given CNN's resent quality coverage, maybe they finally just said 'chuck it', lets go full on World News Daily crazy and report whatever pops into our heads.
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Magnificent mistype

"I know it's hard to accept at first"
"Actually, it explains a lot."
 
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