Ok, I really hope that I’m wrong on this but it looks like the Supreme Court of the United States has ruled that any evidence found from a search that was a mistake but not an intentional violation of your 4th Amendment rights still bears evidence that can be used in court. [More]Wrong guy? Wrong house?
Boy, our faces are almost as red as yours...
Y'know, being secure in your person, house, papers and effects is overrated anyway. Besides, what have you got to hide?
And remember: "They hate us because we're free."
The SCOTUS has been using the BoR's as TP since the founding.
ReplyDeleteIs anyone surprised by this ruling?
Does this mean you can shoot the thugs who come into your house "by mistake?"
ReplyDeleteThis is almost too funny, follow this. If a search warrant is issued for the right address and person and it list what police are after. Than the police take other things that are not listed on the search warrant they can't be used against the person who's the butt end of the warrant.
ReplyDeleteNow that warrant above has the wrong address and its for say funny money. So they hit the wrong house the the guy there has a pot plant to help him with his chemo. Never mind drugs were not listed on the warrant and its for another home but a type-o listed his house he's busted. Had the warrant had the right address and the cops found the funny money but also found a pot plant the pot plant couldn't be used against him.
So the bottom line is the guy who had the search warrant issued on him has more rights than joe blow down the street.
I wonder what its going to take to get our country back from these pieces of shit that are destroying it.
I hope they didn't rule that way, too, because that would be really stupid. A fifth grader wouldn't have any difficultly reading the amendment and determining that only the things on the warrant may be seized.
ReplyDeleteIts a funny thing... I was just speaking to my good friend Johnny Law about this. He's a good and decent fellow, wears a cool costume at work and drives a fast car. He even carries a pistol on his Batman belt. He told me that he means well and that he would never try to bust into someone's home or property knowing his warrant was faulty! He further told me, that if I have done nothing wrong anyway, don't worry about it!
ReplyDeleteSo, you see? The cops are the good guys! ANYTHING they do, they do in good faith and therefor it is justified!
Just submit, comply, and be passive...the COPS are ALWAYS right!
Recipe for a peaceful day: Stick your head deeply into the sand and pretend not to notice. Then bad things can't happen! Ignorance is dreamy!
Bahhh! Bahhhabahhhhhhhh!
Longbow
Rights protected by the Constitution?
ReplyDeleteBah....Humbug....The Constitution is nothing but a G*d D****d piece of paper....
Bob III
I would hope (I know, I'm a fool...) that if the SC is going to eliminate the "exclusionary rule" that they would add the corrolary - personal responsiblity for the police when they do make a mistake.
ReplyDeleteSome sort of negative feedback is needed. Break into the wrong house -don't find anything - be legally liable for damages, including "pain and suffering".
The only "personal responsiblity for the police" will be handed out by their intended victims.
ReplyDeleteMore at Volokh.com and SCOTUSblog.com:
ReplyDeletehttp://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_01_11-2009_01_17.shtml#1231963412
Won't stop until the police are afraid to make a mistake. They won't be afraid until they have to start ordering body bags by the gross.
ReplyDeleteWell, with fourth gone, should my home be violated I will fall back on amendment 7.62.
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