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Originally Posted by PoorMansCamaro
yeah, if this was a simple search, but it wasn't. And I don't know of anyone that wanted to refuse a search, in any reports. if we can find an article or interview of someone wanting to refuse a search, and that not be granted, we may have a good discussion to go on. even though the officer also has their right to search without a warrant, per the 4th amendment and the exigent circumstance, in this case. I don't think law enforcement can throw out the exigent circumstance every single time they want to search a house. I mean, I guess they could, but probably wouldn't have a job for long.
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My point here is that there's obviously a vagueness in case law pertaining to the Fourth Amendment when it comes to these extreme situations that needs to be addressed.
I don't want to see the bad guy get away, but at the same time, I don't want to have my Rights trampled on, either.
I want the officers to be as safe as possible when dealing with these kinds of situations, but I also want to make sure they have a very clearcut understanding of what they can and cannot do in these extreme situations.
I don't think any of the officers in the video should be punished in any way. Far from it. I just want them to review their actions to find out if there's any line they could possibly have crossed on accident and then update their SOP guidelines to take this kind of situation into account.
That's all I'm hoping for.