Court dilutes the 4th Amendment
Secure in our own homes? Not so much.
Yeah, wouldn't that fall under the 4th.
Right of search and seizure regulated
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
There is also a provision that says if the police of federal agents are in pursuit of a fleeing felon, they do have the right to enter the premise. This doesn't really apply, and most likely someone is getting a lawsuit and fired.
Could he have shot the cops if they entered illegally? ps The warrant on the computer sounds like bullshit and no one in their right mind would accept that, why can't the police have portable pcs/smartphones where they can display the warrant electronically if needed. The taser (in the back ) was just revenge for him standing up to them and not letting them in because he was not threatening and all that bullshit that he 'assaulted them' because the door touched them as he attempted to close it, isn't that entrapment? The whole thing is embarrassing and makes UK cops look half competent.
Cops like to abuse power, especially since arrest and ticket quotas. Yes some citizens are problematic, its just the problematic citizens are used as an excuse to "bend" the rules and allow abuse. we all ready lost being read Miranda rights because they changed the meaning of incustidy from being arrested and under the officers controle to being in a police station or a jail cell.I am not familiar with the US-american laws. Plus in the last part of the video, the mother, as I take it, says, 'And all of this about a 15-dolar iPod you found in the bathroom.'
Maybe it is me having experience as a lay judge here in Germany for some time...
Seems to me the guy asked them for a warrant before they could enter his home, they should have produced a copy of the warrant.
I know cops act all the time on warrants they find in their computer in traffic stops but they should have to present a warrant so the property owner can look at what acts it allows the cops to execute before they can enter his home.
Years ago, I read a story once where a cop broke into a guys house looking for a murderer and the home-owner killed the cop. The home-owner was put on trial for murder, but was acquitted. His defense was very simple, the home-owner was in fear for his life.
I've seen too many stories where the cops get the wrong address and/or break into the wrong house. Just a couple weeks back, I saw one where cops broke in a house to get someone accused of downloading tons of child porn. They roughed up the guy very badly and screamed lots of obscenities at him about child porn and molestation, and they did all this in front of his wife and children! In the end, they had the wrong guy. Someone had piggy-backed onto his wireless signal. The guy who was wrongly accused decided not to sue. IMO, that was bullshit. I would have sued every one of them, I would have sued the police department, I would have sued the city, I would pressed charges against every one of those cops who touched me and every one who screamed an obscenity for the trauma they had cause my family.
Agree on this one. The two guys look like scumbags, but the police should NOT be able to enter a home without a warrant of some kind... saying one exists in cyberspace isn't good enough.:2 cents: