To the Police: No Consent to Search Our Home

WTOP RADIO WASHINGTON ^ | 3/27/08 | Mar Segraves

[Nick Thimmesch]

As Gomer Pyle might have said: "Well, golllleee, the ACLU defending gun owners rights, now I've seen it all."

I say: keep 'em up all year round.

[farlander]

Truly amasing.

[Notary Sojac]

Guess a “stopped clock alert” is called for here. Wouldn’t it be nice if the President and the Republican Party took the same stand as the ACLU on this issue??

[avacado]

"Well, golllleee, the ACLU defending gun owners rights, now I've seen it all."

Only because it affects minority neighborhoods. If it was rich white Conservative neighborhoods the ACLU would be nowhere to be found.

[Always Right]

Yeah, usually in these cases the ACLU rationalizes reasons to do nothing. The program was so appalling though, even the ACLU could not look the other way.

[Nick Thimmesch]

WTOP’s comments to the story:

http://wtop.com/index.php?nid=695&sid=1372986&comments=true#postit

[Always Right]

Probably the real reason the ACLU got involved had nothing to do with guns, but whether the police would find other things in their such that the ACLU really reveres, such as Child Pornography.

[Nick Thimmesch]

Some Freeper who knows how to, perhaps provide the images of the ACLU signs/posters:

http://www.wtopnews.com/docs/aclu_search_consent.pdf

http://www.wtopnews.com/docs/know_your_rights.doc

[Hatheos]

I think I saw the Devil throwing a snow ball on this day, the same day I actually agree with the ACLU on something!

[PreciousLiberty]

This shows the ACLU has some intellectual integrity, at least.

Good to see SOMEONE educating those folks about this un-American and frankly offensive program!

[Gaffer]

Actually, the ACLU has no motive in supporting the rights of LEGAL gun owners. They are merely protecting the rights of ILLEGAL gun owners. There’s a difference here.

[Ken H]

My uncle's furnace repair business in Hell just turned a profit for the first time!

[amadeus]

“If we see that residents may require other services, then we will notify those other agencies that could be of assistance. The purpose of reporting the information is not to penalize anyone in the home, only to provide assistance.”

abbreviated: “I’m with the government. I’m here to help”

So if the home is dirty and has kids, DHS will be called. If large amounts of cash are found the sheriff will confiscate it until such time as it is proven to be legitimate. If dogs look undernourished, I’ll call the ASPCA, and so on, and so on, and so on...

[mad_as_he$$]

WINNER!

[Grut]

If it was rich white Conservative neighborhoods the ACLU would be nowhere to be found.

Well, to be fair, neither would the police search teams.

[stuartcr]

I don’t think that really matters.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

[ROP_RIP]

So, the basic idea here is that police approach parents and “offer” to search their out-of-control kids’ bedrooms for contraband. Presumably these parents are not well-versed in the ways of hiding drugs and weapons, so they need help?

The notion of going door-to-door performing searches is very troubling. However, what keeps the police from offering this as an “on-demand” service to residents who ask for it? e.g. to initiate a search, call the local precinct and they’ll dispatch a squad car?

[Nick Thimmesch]

Thanks, pal: I print some out but the flyer’s bound to really eat up some black toner, eh?

[avacado]

True!