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To: markomalley

On Tuesday, the court said police serving a warrant may enter a home without knocking if officers decide circumstances justify it. Previously, police serving a warrant had to obtain a judge’s permission to enter without knocking.


34 posted on 05/14/2011 5:29:05 AM PDT by EBH ( Whether you eat your bread or see it vanish into a looter's stomach, is an absolute.)
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To: EBH
You are in error. The court ruled in a single case with limited application elsewhere. No unlawful entry was made. A police officer had responded to the request for assistance made by the lady who lived in the apartment.

A man who said he didn't live there ended up attacking the officer inside her apartment.

That's the whole story.

Do you suppose people can request police assistance? Do you imagine cops have some sort of right to be free of physical assault while doing lawful business?

If you don't, you don't belong here!

108 posted on 05/14/2011 10:24:42 AM PDT by muawiyah
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