The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution states:
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
In extremely simple terms, it means that you are supposed to be safe in the comfort of your home without having a group of stormtroopers barging through your front door, terrifying you and your children or whoever else happens to be there, without the proper authorization of a warrant that has been legitimately issued by a judge for a legitimate reason. Unfortunately, some pretty strange things are beginning to happen all over America and our homes are no longer safe from "unreasonable searches and seizures". Following are just four startling examples:
1. Boston Bombing - the most flagrant violater of the Fourth Amendment to date.
2. TSA (Transportation Security Administration) - a constant violater to travelers in the most personal ways possible - complete and invasive bodily patdowns that would otherwise be considered felonious sexual assault in any other circumstance. These patdowns included touching crying toddlers while paralyized parents stood helplessly by.
3. Nevada police arrest a couple for refusing to allow the police to use their house to spy on a neighbor; officers smashed open the couple's door with a metal ram to obtain entrance. see: http://www.americaswatchtower.com http://www.reviewjournal.com for more details.
4. Police mistake Houston landscaper's hibiscus for pot; 10 members of a Crime and Narcotics Task Force storm through his front door with guns drawn. see http://www.chron.com/news/
I could go on because there are many more instances but you get the idea. The question is, though, why are police officers acquiring military gear such as we see in the video of the Boston bombing house searches. Further research shows that this is not a new phenonomen and that there was evidence of law enforcement officers executing warrantless house searches in 1999. What we are now seeing, however, is an increase in militaristic style police law enforcement, officers dressed to the teeth in swat gear, forcing their way into homes without benefit of search warrants and in some instances, people have died. For more on these ever increasing constitutional violations see: http://www.wnd.com
4. Police mistake Houston landscaper's hibiscus for pot; 10 members of a Crime and Narcotics Task Force storm through his front door with guns drawn. see http://www.chron.com/news/
I could go on because there are many more instances but you get the idea. The question is, though, why are police officers acquiring military gear such as we see in the video of the Boston bombing house searches. Further research shows that this is not a new phenonomen and that there was evidence of law enforcement officers executing warrantless house searches in 1999. What we are now seeing, however, is an increase in militaristic style police law enforcement, officers dressed to the teeth in swat gear, forcing their way into homes without benefit of search warrants and in some instances, people have died. For more on these ever increasing constitutional violations see: http://www.wnd.com
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing"
Edmund Burke
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