No-Knock Searches
Jun. 15th, 2006 12:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jenkThis story, I'm sure, is going to get picked up all over the place. I'm sure that keeping a criminal in prison by ruling the evidence was legally obtained was part of why this ruling went the way it did.
Of course, it's not like the cops ever have the wrong house. Or like a bad smell from a neighboring apartment or condo could be caused by anything other than a meth lab, or anyone could mistake hibiscus for marijuana. Or like they have to wait all that long after knocking anyway. I'm certain no one could fill a website with histories of botched paramilitary raids, or if it could appear to anyone that knocking down doors at 4am when no lives are at stake might be a bit over-the-top, or like anyone might assume an intruder was a criminal and try to shoot said intruder...
Of course, it's not like the cops ever have the wrong house. Or like a bad smell from a neighboring apartment or condo could be caused by anything other than a meth lab, or anyone could mistake hibiscus for marijuana. Or like they have to wait all that long after knocking anyway. I'm certain no one could fill a website with histories of botched paramilitary raids, or if it could appear to anyone that knocking down doors at 4am when no lives are at stake might be a bit over-the-top, or like anyone might assume an intruder was a criminal and try to shoot said intruder...
