Are you really sure they had the right to search the car when they happened on the scene.
Who owns the car?
The police didn’t stop the car.
The police didn’t know the circumstances surrounding the car.
They can glance in the car to see if there is anyone in it or any guns laying around.
But really search it as shots are being fired???
Don’t be so sure they had the right to search it even if they wanted to.
The night time search of the trunk is probably because they waited on the warrant.
Review helicopter shots during the day. See anyone searching the car????
Just for understanding searches since some people here think Law enforcement can search anything they want anytime they want...
An Oregon case said:
You can’t search a vehicle under the auto exception when it is parked, immmobile and unoccupied at the time the police encounter it during a crime.
I don’t know what the deal is in the Sandy Hook State but you can’t just pretend that the cops can search anything without knowing the State Law.
For it to be as dark as it was when the police were in the trunk of the car unloading the gun, at least 10 hours or so had gone by. It would not take ten hours to get a warrant. I just want to know why they were just searching the trunk and finding the gun that long after the shooting, or why they waited so long to secure the weapon as evidence after they had found it earlier. The police waiting until after dark to collect evidence that would have been more clearly viewed by the public during daylight raises a red flag with me.