The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated
What, precisely, is "reasonable" to you about shutting down an entire section of a city to search every single home, despite the fact that the police have NO reasonable expectation of finding their target in any of those homes? (And, of course, he was not found in a home.)
Detail exactly how allowing this particular search would prevent the police from doing a similar search for EVERY suspect from now on... or do you think that we should be kicked out of our homes (not exactly "secure in their houses" anymore, is it?) every time they want to find somebody, something, or just have a good time lording over the sheep? Is this "reasonable" to you?
I wasn’t arguing about the reasonableness of any particular searches. I was merely pointing out what the amendment says, because it is almost always misquoted as prohibiting “illegal” searches and seizures. Likewise, the amendment does NOT say “no searches without a warrant,” even though it is summarized that way in the press almost 100% of the time.