Authorities Searched Damond's Home; Law Prof Believes That Could 'Cause An International Incident'

KSTP.com ^ | 7/25/17 | Josh Rosenthal

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigators were granted permission to search Justine Damond's home hours after she was shot and killed by a Minneapolis police officer, according to court records.

A criminal law expert can't understand why.

"When I read that search warrant, I really cannot find probable cause to search her home," he continued. According to court documents, investigators applied for the warrant on the following grounds:   The property or things above-described was used as a means of committing a crime

The possession of the property or things above-described constitutes a crime.

The property or things above-described is in the possession of a person with intent to use such property as a means of committing a crime, or the property or things so intended to be used are in the possession of another to whom they have been delivered for the purpose of concealing them or preventing their being discovered.

The property or things above-described constitutes evidence which tends to show a crime has been committed, or tends to show that a particular person has committed a crime.

Asked if that means the BCA considers Damond to be a suspect, spokesperson Jill Oliveira replied via email:

"No, an individual involved in the incident."

Daly, who said he has served as a visiting professor at the University of Queensland in Damond's native Australia, believes concerned members of the public in both countries will be outraged by the BCA's request to search the home.

"It's going to cause an international incident," he said. "I mean the prime minister of Australia already talked about this case on international television, and I think Australians are going to go berserk if they think the focus is on this woman as a suspect."

According to court documents, investigators did not end up taking any evidence from Damond's home.

[reed13k]

How about actually charging officers and court personnel criminally for civil violations under the color of law?

Pretty sure statutes already exist, they just aren’t enforced as the powers that be don’t want to punish the perpetrators because they want to retain their power.

[husky ed]

so how were they able to get one so fast for the victim’s house not knowing what to look for and yet theres been none for the Somali moslem who murdered her..
For 'slapping' a patrol car? I have no idea how you could get a SW for that or even write one up the way they did with a straight face.
I guess I'd look for that black mask thing you see the stars wear in movies over their eyes. Maybe a glass of warm milk (maybe not now).
Not much use in searching the Officer's house. I guess all they'd get would be beheading vids and pics of abused goats off his computer. A lack of toilet paper in the house. And bomb making materials on the kitchen table.

they searched Justines house that first night and then came back yesterday for that more involved investigation...with a laundry list of things to look for...
I think the driver is singing more than a Merica's Got Talent casting call. He wants to distance himself as far as he can from Officer Michael J. SpasticFox. So that and with the pressure from the PTB, somehow they found an abiding judge to sign the SW. Which won't hold up in 99.98% of the courts.

Ed

BTW did they ever get around to searching the White House when JFK was assassinated ???
They would have searched the Vice President's residence in D.C. and Texas ;-)