Courts already allow speedy warrants for preliminary searches in hopes of things panning out. This is crazy. Do criminals really have a higher chance of fleeing with this right?
forreal that this point. . . .why even get a warrant? I mean . .they can act like they have one if they say they have 'probable cause' so now. . . 'probable cause' means they can kick in your day Rocket River
All I can say is that it feels pretty crappy having our rights trampled like this. I really wish something could be done.
I don't see this case as being such a clear cut reduction of 4th Ammendment protections. Considering that with a warrant police can search your property if you're not there or wiretap and surveil you without letting you know ahead of time it seems to me that searchs can be executed without your foreknowledge and that knocking and announcing seems more like a courtesy than a check on police search powers. I think this is a very interesting point. If you have a gun and someone suddenly breaks into your house with no warning and you shoot and they turn out to be a cop can you claim self defense since you perceived an imminent threat and had no way of knowing it was the police? I have no idea what the ruling to that would be but the possiblity of a situation like that happening should convince cops to knock and annouce for their own safety.
