[ellery]

This is not a bad cop issue. This is not a breach of rights issue. There has been no right established I know of to be a criminal and to have that criminal's home be off limits to the law.

This most certainly is a breach of rights issue. The rights of innocent people to be secure in their homes -- which is the right that was breached here and has been breached countless times across the country.

[jdub]

There has been no right established I know of to be a criminal and to have that criminal's home be off limits to the law.

Ok, now I understand what your problem is. You have mistaken the police for the judicial system. A person is not a criminal until a jury or judge says he is. Until then, he is a citizen who is due all the rights guaranteed to citizens by the constitution.