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Cops search neighborhood homes for guns and drugs. Says they had a warrant. Can you get a warrant for a neighborhood? The press account is light on details and they may have the facts wrong. But that is what it sounds like.
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December 9th, 2010 at 10:21 am
“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.“
It seems pretty clear to me.
December 9th, 2010 at 10:23 am
Somehow, I doubt that an entire neighborhood counts as “particularly describing the place to be searched” as the founders intended.
December 9th, 2010 at 10:55 am
AKA – Dont talk to the police! Ask for the warrant.
December 9th, 2010 at 11:13 am
Since they only searched three houses, it’s possible they had three warrants. Don’t trust the newspaper to get it right.
December 9th, 2010 at 11:28 am
They’d have to have a warrant for each individual house or consent, but is it really consent if half the police department is standing behind the guy asking?
December 9th, 2010 at 11:56 am
it is possible they had warrants for the three properties. The news paper, following their own narrative, could have wrote the story their way.
December 9th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
Hildago County? Isn’t that where American Violet was based?
December 9th, 2010 at 12:57 pm
The story, while poorly written, says nothing about warrants issued. However, since the press was apparently invited along to take pictures and watch, I think this is an example of correct, legal policing – searching for known items in specific places.
“A tip about stolen property and weapons…” led the police to “several homes” in the neighborhood. Such a tip is enough for a warrant anywhere in the US, as far as I can tell, for any number of homes where the items are reasonably believed to be located.
That the police found “only” two stolen weapons and some coke (a good day in any police department) indicates the tip was correct.
December 9th, 2010 at 1:31 pm
It helps if you’re in a place where the Constitution doesn’t apply.
Like Washington DC.
December 9th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
The City of Portland, OR just passed an ordinance that will lead to this. It establishes “gang neighborhoods” where gangsters live/operate, and permits the police to exclude certain people from said neighborhoods. Curfews may be established, gun possession will be controlled, etc.
Portland’s gay-predator Mayor who brought this Constitution-busting crap is part of Bloomberg’s MAIG outfit, which is RICO waiting to be so ajudged, IMHO.
December 9th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
mikee: I would point out to you that the press was invited along to take pictures and watch as police beat up old ladies in NOLA and took their firearms. That doesn’t mean it was legal.
December 10th, 2010 at 1:21 pm
@Rivrdog: interesting. DC cops just took a load of flak for doing the same thing, I believe they were admonished by a judge wrt constitutional rights and told not to do it again.