“Do police, without a warrant, and no probable cause, have the authority to give you orders on your own property?”
Sure - if you are doing something illegal. Setting off fireworks I imagine, shooting a gun in the city. Pointing a gun at someone. And it is just one step from having your hand in your pocket to pointing a gun at the cop. But I don’t know.
It seems this whole thing got overblown by the cop. But for me, I make it a point for my hands to be visible when talking with a cop. If your view of them is as a JBT, or you just want to be polite and ease their minds a bit that they don’t need to worry about you - seems like a simple and easy enough thing to do.
Thanks, but that doesn’t answer my question.
But the question posed was “without probable cause!” All the $hit you mention are in the realm of probable cause are they not?
I didn’t know that filming in your own neighborhood and hooking up your boat were on the list of “probable cause” items.
We have to get past this bit about their safety “trumping” our rights. Most of the cops today are “hammers” and all if us are “nails.” All of us have the right to go home tonight unharmed.