[LeoWindhorse]

I wish to take the probably unpopular view that :
No police officer should ever enter a private home without the issuance of a search warrant .
These people will win big in court on this matter .
The PD will end up paying a sizable settlement award ,
and the officer involved will be let go .

[gondramB]

>>I wish to take the probably unpopular view that :
No police officer should ever enter a private home without the issuance of a search warrant .
These people will win big in court on this matter .
The PD will end up paying a sizable settlement award ,
and the officer involved will be let go .<<

I almost agree except there are occasions of hot pursuit of felons and circumstances where life in endanger.

In this case, even if the cop had a case, which he sounds like he did not, he could have waited for a warrant.

This is a bad cop, if the story is accurate.

I remember a test case where a prostitute hid money inside herself. The cops forcibly searched her instead of waiting for a warrant and the judge threw the case out because there had been no need to proceed without a warrant as “the money would not have dissolved.”

[Ken H]

I agree. In any case, I thought flag desecration laws were made null by the Supreme Court flag burning decision - in which Scalia concurred.

[Pencil]

Politics aside, on the face of this, it appears the police officer may have screwed up. The mere fact that half of the conservatives here feel this way does not bode well for the department or the officer.