A cop was shot and in the area, it certainly sounds like probable cause to me. Although it is unusal to evacuate everyone from their homes for six blocks, it wasn't excessive or in violation of anyone's rights. I am highly skeptical of the woman who claimed to wake up to police searching through her house (most likely, the press release failed to point out that someone ELSE in the home allowed them in).
You are right. Thanks for posting the real reports. It was only the pot grower's house that contained the brass in the back yard that was searched, and that was done with a warrant.
No one elses guns were taken and no one elses houses were searched. This is the second time this WI Gun Owner's assn has shown itself to me to be a clown outfit, unworthy of support.
Bravo Sierra. Unless you see the perp run into my yard/house, then you better have a Godd*mn search warrent. Period.
At least we aren't using you for a "reasonable man" standard.
Tell me something, Lunatic--if you or I were shot in a neighborhood, do you think for a second the the police would evacuate everyone from their homes in a 6 block area? Why are cops more important than people--especially considering the policeman was knicked in the arm, got a bandage and left the hospital?
"Although it is unusal to evacuate everyone from their homes for six blocks, it wasn't excessive or in violation of anyone's rights."
Baloney. You evacuate people from their homes when there is a flood or a hurricane in order to protect them, you don't evacuate them in order to make doing routine police work easier (yes, I know a cop was shot but this is still routine police work). There was never a mention of danger to a resident of that area.
Forcing people out of the safety of their homes while an armed criminal is running loose in the vicinity. Isn't that endangerment?