The woman asked the cops to come to her place But she did not give them permission to enter the apartment when they asked.
Barnes struck first ~ always a bad move. This law doesn't change that ~ in fact, when Barnes struck the officer he had probable cause to do a lot of things. He didn't do everything he could have.
75 years ago Barnes would have gone to the hospital next.
Right, the cops bullied their way in to the apartment. They have no business in doing so. No search warrant, no consent. They should be considered intruders once they cross that threshold in this circumstance.
Look, guys, I don't really care if you beat your women, but keep it at home, behind closed doors, and with plenty of soundproofing. You go running around in the parking lot making noise I will find my peaceable use of my own property endangered and will call the cops.
I lived in a highrise once where the local sewer authority decided to drill a tunnel through solid rock immediately below my window. They were given from 7 AM to 7 PM To do the job. Once or twice they carried on until 10 PM. Then came the day when they kept it up until the wee hours of the morning.
There were numerous people who fired on the transformer that provided them the power to run their drills and the cooler that kept their beer cold, and the portapotty.
Wasn't me BTW, but I was really surprised how many rounds were involved ~ a regular range party Fur Shur.
The cops didn't respond until the next day. That's one of the few times I thought they did a really good job.
Oh, they didn't even interview people but, of course, nobody had seen or heard a thing.