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Originally Posted by LakeSnake
"...Not to fan the smodelring fire here but there is (in my mind at least) a BIG difference between searching a house under "Exigent circumstance" and forcing the residents/owners out at gun point...I think the 4th Amendment was clearly violated if that is the case.
Personally I had been thinking all along that the response level was a little over the top. I know hind sight is 20/20 but look at how he was actually apprehended in the end - local citizen/local cops. Was it an opportunity for a power play by the gov't - you bet - did they take that opportunity - you bet.
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I didn't see any Internet images that police actually used "gunpoint" to move citizens out of their houses; however,
"Exigent-Circumstances" are defined by those doing the enforcing.
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"Who watches The Watchmen?"
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