To: R. Scott
A “safety inspection” conducted at 10:30 PM is a bit out of line – in fact, way out of line.If smugglers come in at midnite they should not be harassed?
To: The_Media_never_lie
If smugglers come in at midnite they should not be harassed?
And of course, everyone living on a boat is a smuggler – right?
Yes, I know that maritime law is different than what most of us are used to. The US Coast Guard, Border Patrol and Customs do operate under a different set of rules than normal law enforcement agencies.
I have friends who live on boats on both the James and York Rivers. Their boat is their home, just as an apartment, condo or house. If the random late night searches of floating homes is accepted by The People it will not be long before the law is stretched to include warrantless searches of traditional homes.
68 posted on
09/22/2005 3:20:07 PM PDT by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: The_Media_never_lie
If smugglers come in at midnite they should not be harassed? If they were searching for drugs then they should say they are searching for drugs and not claim "safety inspection."
4th Amendment: "... particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
Just tell the boat owners what they are really searching for. What's wrong with that?
96 posted on
09/22/2005 3:33:50 PM PDT by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: The_Media_never_lie
"If smugglers come in at midnite they should not be harassed?"
Then it wasn't a "safety check" was it?
To: The_Media_never_lie
Idiotic. THEY said it was a safety inspection! Is it OK for the local police to barge into your home and search it if they say they are there to check the fire safety code. NO!
If they are looking for drug dealers they should say they are looking for drug dealers at boarding time. Is that even legal? I doubt it.
To: The_Media_never_lie; R. Scott
If smugglers come in at midnite they should not be harassed?" Perhaps you missed the fact that they were not 'coming in' but sleeping. This is Bull $hit; we need some profiling here, big time; not more searches of grannies and little girls with wodden legs.
155 posted on
09/22/2005 4:14:17 PM PDT by
editor-surveyor
(Atheist and Fool are synonyms; Evolution is where fools hide from the sunrise)
To: The_Media_never_lie
These were not smugglers they were regular people. This seems to be over the line in my book.
313 posted on
09/22/2005 8:57:36 PM PDT by
chris1
("Make the other guy die for his country" - George S. Patto)
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