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To: shotokan

FYI

At least no one was killed. If they were the Swat boys are above the law and would not be charged. This type of shit is going to ruin the moral authority of the real police.


25 posted on 05/25/2005 10:50:39 PM PDT by Nov3 ("This is the best election night in history." --DNC chair Terry McAuliffe Nov. 2,2004 8p.m.)
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The police say they were within their rights even though they made a mistake. They are wrong. The probably cause they used was only good for the correct residence. They didn't have probable cause to enter the incorrect residence and in fact required a warrent or permission to enter. They violated this families civil rights and should be brought to task for it.

IMO probable cause is unconstitutional, I don't see anywhere in the bill of rights that states they can enter without a warrent, this is another right usurped by judges.

Also the part about the SUV, when they said it was only a "piece" of the puzzle and wasn't critical, it was the only pie ce they had and was most certainly critical. Not knowing the license plate number and not checking it if they did know is inexcusable.

While I fully support our police I do not see these things as human mistakes "that we all make". Cops are like doctors, when they make mistakes people sometimes die, they can't afford to make mistakes and then pass it off as just another day's work. This is BS.

28 posted on 05/25/2005 11:05:50 PM PDT by calex59
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To: Nov3

Being the patient person that I am, I'm wondering what the exigent circumstances here were. If they were acting on a belief instead of factors requiring immediate action, ie: they saw the guy through the window or he ran into the house when police arrived, then they should of had a warrant developed though other sources of info. There may be some missing details here on that issue. So I'd say they screwed up in others ways too besides freaking out the Celis family. Thanks for the ping.


53 posted on 05/26/2005 6:31:23 AM PDT by Horatio Gates (Mullah al-Whipple says,"Don't squeeze the Koran." Safe for septic sytems.)
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To: Nov3

...and those requirements would have been for the correct house.


54 posted on 05/26/2005 6:35:51 AM PDT by Horatio Gates (Mullah al-Whipple says,"Don't squeeze the Koran." Safe for septic sytems.)
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