In yet another huge blow to our Constitution, the Supreme Court ruled in Jan 2015 that a police officer can violate your 4th Amendment rights if they make a ‘reasonable’ mistake regarding the law.
If you are ignorant of the law, that is no excuse, but if a cop is ignorant of the law, he can violate your rights.
As incredible as it sounds, any cop can ‘play dumb’ and proceed to do anything he wants to you and feel secure that his excuse of ignorance will shield him.
How in the hell can a cop be expected to uphold the law if he doesn’t even know the law?
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i want that to apply to motor vehicles,i f I don’t know the speed limits, i can do what i think they are….this country is truly Fk’D up!
it/s like starting of ww2
no
Try to violate any of my rights, and they will get remedial education..MY RIGHTS ARE NOT TO BE MESSED WITH WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES…WE are on the same page…
so when they kick down my door i can shoot them because i didnt know they were $#%&!@*’s
If the United States is declared by oboma to be in a police state then an election for a new president can not occur..stuck…
strom trooper
I thought ignorance of the law is no excuse…..guess police get to live by a differrent set of rules than citizens
What is reasonable. The dump $#%&!@* consented to…..then said they couldn’t. .. the North Carolina appellate courts surprisingly ruled that the outdated state vehicle code required only one working brake light (“a” stop lamp, in the words of the statute); therefore, there had been no violation of law that would permit the stop…….During the stop, Heien consented to a search of the car, which yielded cocaine in a duffle bag and Heien’s ultimate conviction for attempted drug trafficking. ………..morle of the story is don’t consent to search. Request a warrant. http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/12/opinion-$#%&!@*ysis-reasonable-mistakes-of-law-by-police-do-not-violate-the-fourth-amendment/
and they can play stupid all the time