Posted on 04/24/2013 9:56:07 AM PDT by RedMominBlueState
WATERTOWN, MA -- On Friday, April 19, 2013, during a manhunt for a bombing suspect, police and federal agents spent the day storming people's homes and performing illegal searches. While it was unclear initially if the home searches were voluntary, it is now crystal clear that they were absolutely NOT voluntary. Police were filmed ripping people from their homes at gunpoint, marching the residents out with their hands raised in submission, and then storming the homes to perform their illegal searches.
The residents applauding here were outside of the 20 block perimeter where all the residential searches took place.
“Go back and read the Preamble to the Constitution.”
Go back and read the 4th Amendment. “Unreasonable” searches are forbidden. That is what this question turns on, not the 2nd amendment or the Preamble. Were these searches “reasonable” when you consider their context - a suspect within a limited cordon with possible hostages? Maybe.
You mean the perforated kid who the cops KNEW was perforated?
When criminals do it, it’s called “casing the joint”.
When the jackboots do it, it’s called “exigent circumstances”...
“You mean the perforated kid who the cops KNEW was perforated?”
...Who also turned out to be hiding outside the cordon area?
I get it. I’m just pointing out that the Constitutional standard is “reasonableness” when it comes to searches and seizures.
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