# Feds 'black-bagging people' in Portland

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 18, 2020, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-black-bagging-people-in-portland/915638 "2020-07-18T03:19:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-black-bagging-people-in-portland/915638/63 "2020-07-18T11:37:44Z")

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> [@XT](#):
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> and they have to read rights if they are locking people up or arresting or even holding them.

Um, no. We’ve been over this before on these boards.

You only have to read rights when a subject is both under arrest AND being questioned. That horseshit you see on Law & Order where they don’t even have the cuffs on and they’re blathering Miranda is Hollywood make-believe.

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