In order to obtain a warranty, there must be probable cause of a crime. You are afforded that protection. A judge must approve the warrant.
The facts aren't fully detailed in this case, unfortunately, so we have limited information to go on. What we do know is that there was an...
Not being an LEO, I can't speak for any of them, but I think it has been pointed out before that there is a line, and gun-grabbing and genocide are on the wrong side of them for the LEOs here. So we've already differentiated the morality of the officer from the law. Phylodog even stated that...
Yes. Yes it does present a moral issue. Kidnapping someone is terrible, and no one should ever do it. That being said, that is not what officers do at all.
Their job is to keep the peace, and uphold the law. If a person is disrupting the peace and breaking the law, then they should face...
Officers obviously have the same moral obligation to weigh their actions as we do. Where you and I seem to be missing each other is at this line you're wanting to draw. There is no moral issue here, in this instance, that I can find. They performed a routine drug bust, but an unforeseen...
I did ask for no Godwin, but apparently it goes into effect anyway.
Look, there are major differences between a drug raid and sending people to their deaths for their ethnic heritage.
We have ruled one is legal, and the other is not. If you want to make the former illegal, then make it...
I would say you're good, honestly. If you're afraid to be the test subject, I'll gladly let you buy them and ship them to my place and see if I get a no-knock.
It seems I missed a lot by getting home and just focusing on the debates. And I see we're on to Indiana Jones by now, but I can't help but want to get people riled up again. So here it goes.
I would agree that one wrongful death is too many. I'm fairly certain you would be hard-pressed to...
I believe that a lot of folks are missing something here. They're falling prey to the sensationalism that they want to see. I definitely don't have statistics in front of me, but I bet that the number of "bungled" no-knocks to no-knocks that went just fine is relatively low. But it's no fun...
But, so far in this thread, that seems to be the implication. You would think it's better that 10 men get injured, or have an increased risk of injury or death, in the performance of their duties than have one person be wrongfully accused and acquitted or, in the case of the article, still be...
We can certainly discuss the merit of no-knock raids, and that's one thing, but that was never brought up in this topic of discussion (unless I missed it in your posts somewhere).
I would agree that no-knock raids cause a lot of problems, and may cause more problems than they solve, but if...