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To: Girlene

>>The dissenting judges felt the ruling was far too broad and basically now allows govt agents to enter your home illegally for any cause.<<

I see it as black and white, which is how the law sees it and how judges should see it. If the cops do what you say above, it will cost them dearly in court. And I mean money. Lots of it.

Specifically, the ruling doesn’t say cops can enter your house illegally. It simply says that if they do, you can have your day in court, but you must respect the badge when it is in your home.

You’ll get ‘em later. And if you get a good ambulance chaser, you’ll get ‘em good. Think of that street person that was killed by the Seattle cop a few months ago. Without even going to court the city paid the family $1.5 mill. They cannot afford to do that on a regular basis. And a jury just may have REALLY socked it to them.

IOW, the issue is not whether the cops enter illegally or not. The issue is what you can do about the police presence, regardless of the legality. Notice I say “presence”, not “actions”. Sometimes a cop is so bad that you have to act in self defence AGAINST THE MAN. But you’ll probably wind up defending your action in court.


51 posted on 05/16/2011 9:44:49 AM PDT by RobRoy (The US today: Revelation 18:4)
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To: RobRoy
Specifically, the ruling doesn’t say cops can enter your house illegally. It simply says that if they do, you can have your day in court, but you must respect the badge when it is in your home.

The ruling says, "“In sum, we hold that [in] Indiana the right to reasonably resist an unlawful police entry into a home is no longer recognized under Indiana law.”

So, yes, it doesn't say police officers can enter your house illegally, but if you have no means to resist them, even when you "get your day in court".......it would appear they can. For the case in question, the jury was not given instructions that the man had the right to reasonably resist an unlawful entry. So where was his justice in court?
62 posted on 05/16/2011 10:13:38 AM PDT by Girlene
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