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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Good faith huh ??
They violent your rights every time they arreste you
How many times have we heard “ignorance of the law is no excuse”. Awesome. Next time I go to court, I’m citing this judgement as precedent. Cha ching!
I’m picking up what your putting down but all I’m saying is it’s not new exceptions to the 4th amendment ( as well as first, second, etc) aren’t all that new
Just once…..
Yet they can break in your home , do damage YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IF YOU LIVE, KILL YOUR ANIMALS MANY OF US CONSIDER FAMILY, BUT IF WE DEFEND OURSELVES WE GO TO PRISON, WELL THAT WILL BE THE DAY I DIE, FIRST THROUGH THE DOOR HITS THE FLOOR.
The complex issues dealt with in real time seconded guessed by every Tom $#%&!@* and Harry. Under probable cause you can be wrong if you based your actions on reasonable beliefs or information. We are getting to a point where we expect police to be exact in non exact cir$#%&!@*stances. Might. Suggest this person police the sewers we call inner cities with the same expectations. Or would you rather plY it safe from a Facebook post ?
Oh.ok.
Bs you need Congresses permission!!
guess they all need retraining and oversight.