[skyman]

I don’t know why you think I that I think the cops planted anything or are the bad are the bad guys in this story. They aren’t.

But there is a big difference in parents willingly contributing to the delinquency of minors and parents were trying their best to keep the party safe and sober.

The point of the story is that under normal situation if the parents found what was going on they would have ended the party and sent everyone home. Instead because the consented to a search (that they didn’t have to) they are now facing jail time and financial ruin.

I guess you are ok with that I’m not.

If you don’t want exercise your constitutional rights then don’t, but I do.

Your story sure got a lot of debate!

[Sopater]

The point of the story is that under normal situation if the parents found what was going on they would have ended the party and sent everyone home.

Granted.

Instead because the consented to a search (that they didn’t have to) they are now facing jail time and financial ruin.

No, they are facing jail time because they were neglegent in their efforts to control the party. Allowing the cops to come in only made it easier for the cops to do their job.

Yes, they could have denied the cops the opportunity to search the premesis, however the purpose of the law is to protect the innocent from being unduly harassed by law enforcement through unwarranted search and seizure, not to make it harder to bust people who actually are breaking the law. Unfortunately, this is a side effect of this law, but it was determined that it was better to allow some bad guys to go undetected than to harass innocent citizens needlessly.

The law isn't intended to protect law breakers, it's intended to protect the innocent.