http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/07/03/59061.htm
Two homes in Nevada were forcibly commandeered by police because they wanted to surveil a domestic battery suspect that lived adjacent to the homes.
I think our only right is the right to remain silent.......oh wait......I think that is gone as well. My bad.
Originally posted by whodeyIt is usual for "police states" to allow those aggrieved by police actions to sue them?
http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/07/03/59061.htm
Two homes in Nevada were forcibly commandeered by police because they wanted to surveil a domestic battery suspect that lived adjacent to the homes.
I think our only right is the right to remain silent.......oh wait......I think that is gone as well. My bad.
Originally posted by no1marauderI think the point is that police increasingly are using militarized tactics and weapons, and are increasingly trampling citizens' rights and letting the courts sort things out later.
It is usual for "police states" to allow those aggrieved by police actions to sue them?
A couple of recent examples: a man (a black man) was taping the actions of police during an arrest in brad daylight. The Supreme Court has repeatedly, over and over, held that the taping of police actions is a legal act. That man was arrested, and his dog was shot several times. The video of the incident shows the dog flailing on the ground after being shot. No charges were filed against the man who was taping the police.
A 61-year-old man was killed inside his own home when police served a drug search warrant - at the wrong home.
A 20-year-old woman had her car surrounded by plainclothes agents from the Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control authority who mistook the case of water she bought for an alcohol purchase. According to her account, and those of her passengers, the police did not identify themselves, but did climb on top of her car, try to break her car's windows, and pulled guns. When she was able to put her car in gear and flee, one or two of the officers who had climbed on her car were injured. As she fled, she was pursued, and her frantic 911 call was relayed to the pursuing officers. The 911 dispatcher was able to contact the pursuing officers and instructed them to stop their pursuit. The charges of assault by vehicle - filed against her because of the injured officers who failed to identify themselves - were dropped.
Each of these incidents is an example of overaggression by police, costing one innocent man his life because, of all things, a clerical error. There's no undoing that. There's no making that right. And there's no introspection from the offending parties.