Posted on 08/06/2012 9:26:31 AM PDT by QT3.14
A new law in Indiana authorizes the general public to use deadly force against public servants (including law enforcement officers) who unlawfully enter private property.
The measure, approved by Gov. Mitch Daniels in March, (who himself is a Bilderberg member, making the situation even more interesting) is a real game changer as the script has been flipped on the police when it comes to deadly force.
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Of course, they’re also allowed to shoot you. If you so much as say ‘pow.’ Or ‘woof.’
“A new law in Indiana authorizes the general public to use deadly force against public servants (including law enforcement officers) who unlawfully enter private property.”
Oh good. Do you consult your live-in Lawyer before capping someone? Or just start blasting away? Never mind, I think I know the answer. The let’s-off-the-pigs crowd will love this...just think how many more bodies can pile up now. Cripes.
Good, police won't be entering private property any more unless they are invited or don't have a court order.
Seems like it's pretty common sense to me in a personal freedom sort of way.
Recall that this law is in response to an Indiana Supreme Court ruling that people had no right to oppose an unauthorized/warrantless entry onto their private property.
Get probable cause. Get the right house. Most important, handle things properly instead of a sneaky Swat raid when it isn’t appropriate.
This is great. Maybe now the cops will start thinking before they kick doors in. Heck, maybe a few of them will discover these new fangled thingies called MapQuest or Google Earth.
Anything that holds cops personally responsible when they act unlawfully is fine by me. I’m sick of the taxpayers taking in the neck when cops get out of line. Those settlements come out of tax money, never from the cops pockets.
Well now that their lives are on the line maybe, just maybe, they’ll start doing a fraction of the due diligence required by those of us out here in the private sector.
“The let’s-off-the-pigs crowd will love this...just think how many more bodies can pile up now. Cripes.”
It actually sounds like police are allowed to shoot more readily, allegedly thinking citizens are shooting at them.
The cops-can-do-no-wrong crowd will love this. Just think how many more citizen/dog shootings there will be. Cripes.
If someone dressed as a cop comes into your house without a signed warrant then they are up to no good. They are breaking the law. They mean you harm - after all, they have already broken your property rights.
How would you go about defending yourself from a home invasion by armed intruders in costume? Blazing away with a room-broom sounds like a good first step.
Remember: Anders Breivik dressed as a cop. Assume nothing about those strange people in your home.
Probably fewer as cops realize they need to get their addresses correct, use tactical common sense (server the warrant when nobody is home) and otherwise reduce the usage of para-military tactics.
This PROTECTS the cops.
Now, when they shoot you or your dog when entering your house unlawfully, they can claim you were shooting at them.
Police union bots are probably busily saying this now, after, of course, their standard, “Fine, see how fast cops come to YOUR house when you need them” posts for anyone who supports this “restriction” on cops.
Have you ALWAYS been a “Law-Enforcment” BOOT-Licker? COPS are NOT and NEVER will be your “friends”!
The question that begs to be asked: How do you know they are performing a “no knock” entry with a valid warrant or they are simply breaking down your door because they “suspect” something is going on?
It's not uncommon for home invaders to scream "Police!, Police!". The only reason it works is because unannounced, bust-in searches that are indistinguishable from home invasions to the occupants are all too commonplace.
“Have you ALWAYS been a “Law-Enforcment” BOOT-Licker? COPS are NOT and NEVER will be your “friends”!”
The cops-can-do-no-wrong and cops-never-lie mentality among conservatives, especially LEO or retired LEO, unfortunately seems to be quite common.
It generally seems to separate the hard right wingers from the classical liberals (true conservatives) here.
Well said.
Section 219 of the Texas code allown someone to protect themselves with deadly force if a law enforcement officer uses greater than necessary deadly force on them.
The Branch Davidians were acquitted of murdering the ATF agents that bailed out of their trailers blasting away at the Davidian compound.
gee whiz, no more kicking down doors to the wrong house cause the idiots can’t bother reading the address and must now have a warrent, Oh the horror of it all.....not only at the wrong house but killing the dog and making grandma lay on the floor next to her dead dog......thats one supreme court that should be impeached....
Well, this is one way to hold lazy/incompetent/evil home-invading cops VERY personally responsible. I’m all for it.
Hard-working, diligent, competent, honorable police don’t have a thing to fear.
But I’m curious: what do *you* think the consequences should be for a “wrong” police invasion of an innocent person’s home? Anything at all?
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