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To: smokingfrog
Another victim of the "War on Drugs."

Why do We the People allow this to continue?

From the article:
On the video, minutes before the raid begins, an officer can be heard asking the group, “Did somebody grab a copy of the warrant off my desk?”

“Oh, don’t tell me that,” Burnett replies. He then tells the other officers, “He doesn’t have a copy of the warrant.”

Because the warrant was for a no-knock search, the copy wasn’t necessary to enter the house, Weber County Attorney Dee Smith said.

“Someone could have easily hurried and brought it back [from the office],” he said.

There is no time limit for when a warrant should be presented to a subject, agreed Ogden Police Chief Jon Greiner — “it depends on the situation” — but generally when a warrant is served, “It’s in [officers’] possession at the time.”
Knocking and showing the warrant is always necessary for the police to enter my home. I don't care what the DA or the Judge thinks. I won't be the only one shot dead if someone tries to enter my home without knocking and showing a warrant.
6 posted on 12/30/2010 4:29:27 PM PST by cc2k
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To: cc2k
I won't be the only one shot dead if someone tries to enter my home without knocking and showing a warrant.

You might think you are Rambo, but you are not.

18 posted on 12/30/2010 4:50:22 PM PST by freedomwarrior998
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To: cc2k

You hit it on the head. There was no reason to bust in like that...the guy probably thought he was protecting his property.

We have officially entered a police state. It seems a shame that there aren’t enough police that will stand up and stop this excessive force...guess it is hard to resist this massive growth in their power to do whatever they want.

I just don’t understand why so many Americans don’t believe in the Constitution, what it means and that it is a contract...


87 posted on 12/30/2010 7:14:54 PM PST by surfer (To err is human, to really foul things up takes a Democrat, don't expect the GOP to have the answer!)
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To: cc2k
I don't care what the DA or the Judge thinks. I won't be the only one shot dead if someone tries to enter my home without knocking and showing a warrant.

This would make a good oath for us all to swear.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

172 posted on 12/31/2010 8:39:05 AM PST by The Comedian (Government: Saving people from freedom since time immemorial.)
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