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2021-06-24 -War on Police-
Supreme Court rules police can NOT enter a home without a warrant even if they are in 'hot pursuit' of a misdemeanor suspect except in unspecified 'emergencies'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Ruling on Wednesday found in favor of California man Arthur Lange

  • Cops followed him into his garage as he fled a ticket for obnoxious noise

  • Lange was ultimately arrested after the officer smelled alcohol on his breath

  • He argued the officer´s entry into the garage without a warrant violated his Fourth Amendment right to be free of 'unreasonable searches and seizures'

  • Justice Elena Kagan wrote in the majority opinion: 'The flight of a suspected misdemeanant does not always justify a warrantless entry into a home'

  • The majority opinion of seven members of the court included both liberals and conservatives

  • The minority, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, said a suspect's choice to flee alone should give police the ability to pursue them

  • Police experts cautioned that the ruling could complicate matters for officers
Posted by Skidmark 2021-06-24 09:22|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ]  Top

#1 The supreme court needs to look at how easy it is to get a warrant these days because it seems the FBi is able to get a warrant to listen in on anybody at any time.
Posted by rjschwarz 2021-06-24 10:26||   2021-06-24 10:26|| Front Page Top

#2 I know, not their job. Still someone should look into it as warrants are just a speed bump for corrupt cops and i expect they'll be carrying around digital warrants that can be cleared by a judge with Docusign before long..
Posted by rjschwarz 2021-06-24 10:27||   2021-06-24 10:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Didn't even realize this was an issue. Why do cops hate warrants so much?
Posted by Angstrom 2021-06-24 10:55||   2021-06-24 10:55|| Front Page Top

#4 quote from Majority Kagan authored

'The flight of a suspected misdemeanant does not always justify a warrantless entry into a home. An officer must consider all the circumstances in a pursuit case to determine whether there is a law enforcement emergency. On many occasions, the officer will have good reason to enter - to prevent imminent harms of violence, destruction of evidence, or escape from the home. But when the officer has time to get a warrant, he must do so - even though the misdemeanant fled.'

Posted by Lord Garth 2021-06-24 11:08||   2021-06-24 11:08|| Front Page Top

#5 
Posted by Dron66046 2021-06-24 11:35||   2021-06-24 11:35|| Front Page Top

#6 What I'm wanting to know is, why do you have "hot pursuit" of a misdemeanor suspect when liberal DAs are refusing to prosecute violent felons?
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-06-24 12:10||   2021-06-24 12:10|| Front Page Top

#7 Illinois trio charged with beating, strangling police officer over traffic stop
Posted by Skidmark 2021-06-24 12:19||   2021-06-24 12:19|| Front Page Top

#8 "misdemeanant"
Now there's a new word for my vocabulary.
(She's a SC justice, so, OK, I guess.)
Posted by ed in texas 2021-06-24 15:08||   2021-06-24 15:08|| Front Page Top

#9 Too complicated. Makes my head hurt...
Posted by Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-06-24 16:15||   2021-06-24 16:15|| Front Page Top

#10 Misdemeanant not Felon.

Overcharging may become something of a problem.
Posted by Anomalous Sources 2021-06-24 23:09||   2021-06-24 23:09|| Front Page Top

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