House Backs 'Knock and Announce' Searches

AP ^ | 6/28/6 | ANDREW TAYLOR

[SmithL]

WASHINGTON -- The House rejected a liberal Democrat's bid to undercut a recent Supreme Court decision permitting evidence obtained in violation of the "knock and announce" rule to be used at trial.

The vote came two weeks after the court ruled that evidence seized by police with a warrant who barge into homes even if they don't knock can be used in court.

By a 310-109 vote, the House rejected an amendment by Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y., blocking the Justice Department from obtaining evidence in violation of the knock and announce rule. The vote came as the House debated a $59.8 billion measure funding the budget of the Justice Department and other agencies.

[SmithL]

Who's that knocking at my door,

[Enterprise]

The headline seems at odds with the article. My reading is that the House rejected the "knock and notice" requirement that the Democrats were trying to pass.

[nuf said]

The headline is the lure, the article is what it really is about. Just simple newspaper marketing. I thought that the media just dispassionately reported the facts?

[aimhigh]

Democrats, loving victims, alway try to put criminals on equal footing with the cops.