To: Defiant
A big part of the problem is that law enforcement has somehow gotten the ability to bust into people's houses without knocking. The justification for "no knock" warrants go back to English common law.
17 posted on
10/18/2012 1:38:04 PM PDT by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Moonman62
The justification for "no knock" warrants go back to English common law. I see one vote against the 4th Amendment which held strong in this regard until the 1980s.
19 posted on
10/18/2012 1:57:02 PM PDT by
TigersEye
(dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
To: Moonman62
Right, but the ability to do it almost as a matter of course is more recent. Judges used to be more vigilant about civil liberties, and police more respectful of them. Look what jerks these cops were to this lady, a citizen and a taxpayer. If that attitude was rare, I would say it was one bad experience. It seems rare that they are NOT like that.
24 posted on
10/18/2012 2:46:42 PM PDT by
Defiant
(If there are infinite parallel universes, why Lord, am I living in the one with Obama as President?)
To: Moonman62
The Constitution is the law of the land.
This raid was a blatant fourth amendment violation.
30 posted on
10/18/2012 7:13:58 PM PDT by
Altariel
("Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!")
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