You think this is legal??

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by buckman

I guess Bush was right
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About what??
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[FishermanTim]

I guess the better option would be to just let the guy go, because he only killed 4 people and seriously maimed and wounded hundreds others.

The video clip only shows them checking one house.
They didn't "kick the door down", the resident opened it.

Maybe they did go from house to house, but of course there was a murdering terrorist on the loose, so I guess maybe they should have waited to get a subpoena and an apology letter from the Governor?

We have one instance where the powers that were exerted were required by the nature of the crime and criminal, and we have the typical knee-jerk response of "we're losing our rights to this and that".


Remember how we were told to stay off the roads during one of our winter disaster storms? Roads were closed many hours before the snow even fell, causing many people to be stranded, and yet no one complained too loudly about that?


Yet we have a very VERY dangerous criminal loose in our city /state, and what do we get? Whining about searches and inconvenience.

Boy, I can imagine the same uproar from the same people if the authorities did nothing to protect the public and the bomber had kiiled many more people. I'm glad we never had to see that side of the equation!

Sure, we've lost quite a few freedoms, but the ones we should be focusing on are the ones we gave away during the last few elections (by voting in losers)!!

[nightfighter]

It was standard operating procedure. Suspect in bombing in neighborhood? Check. Considered armed and dangerous? Check. Need to clear neighborhood of private homes while maintaining the safety of the citizens and the LEOs. This particular house looks like it was inhabited by young adults, maybe college students? I did not see young children, as you would have seen if it were a family. So let's assume it was a bunch of "kids" who were renting that property... They're trapped at home, maybe partying, maybe shacking up, who knows? The team is charged with clearing the house, room by room. Primary pat downs inside are general and incomplete, due to lack of room. They are flushed outside for a more thorough pat down, and must be considered as dangerous until this is completed. That process is by the book, and has cost lives in the past when not followed. Operators are not allowed to make a judgment call on this in the field. All was done in the name of public safety and that area of the Commonwealth was under an emergency order. Not martial law. How would you feel about it if it were your kid, brother, father on that entry team?
Between this and the call about Miranda, the ACLU and others can go eff themselves in another country. As far as saying it must be tens of thousands to be considered a WMD, I won't even dignify that with a reply.... You would be surprised what was discovered in different house searches that was unrelated to this particular operation. You haven't seen public mention of those being prosecuted due to those discoveries not being in the scope of the search. (They will prosecute the guys found to have a pipebomb in their car, though.)

[buckman]

Originally Posted by Nebe

About what??
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He wasn't, I was making light of the irony of the charges . I agree with you on this thread though
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