The point of Miranda isn’t to make the police collect all evidence of crimes, that’s what they always did. They’re not (necessarily) hateful scumbags, collectin

The point of Miranda isn’t to make the police collect all evidence of crimes, that’s what they always did. They’re not (necessarily) hateful scumbags, collecting evidence of crimes is literally their job. The arresting, detention, etc, is secondary. What Miranda does is make it clear that: * You have the right to remain silent * That’s important because if you aren’t silent, they can use anything you say against you The second point explains why the first is so important. And it’s important to tell people that being silent is their right and won’t be held against them, while what they say may be. Unfortunately it’s become so perfunctory that I think people don’t actually pay attention to the words and why they are the way they are.