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Is Probable Cause at Risk? Is this a win or a setback?

OC for ME

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And the 911 call, combined with the officers actually hearing some of the argument, gave them reason to believe that all was not good. ...
This is where you and I depart. Hearing unusual noises is not seeing foul play.

A 911 call is justification for sending cops.

There is no justification to invade the home, after the home owner acknowledges the cops presence and then informs them that all is good. Citizens lying to cops must not be the default condition, just as felon in possession of a gun is not the default condition for a cop to stop a OCer on the public streets.
 

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I absolutely accept the concept of exigent circumstances.

I don’t want cops standing around outside my home waiting for a warrant, while a BG beats me to death. If cops reasonably believe that someone is in danger inside a home, it is imperative that they be able to enter without a warrant.
 

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This is where you and I depart. Hearing unusual noises is not seeing foul play.

A 911 call is justification for sending cops.

There is no justification to invade the home, after the home owner acknowledges the cops presence and then informs them that all is good. Citizens lying to cops must not be the default condition, just as felon in possession of a gun is not the default condition for a cop to stop a OCer on the public streets.
Seeing is not required to create reasonable belief. In fact, seeing would be rare in exigent circumstances. Hearing would be the far more likely sense to create exigent circumstances.

Regarding the cops being “informed”: see my bank robbery analogy. If the man were beating the mess out of the woman, do you think he would say that all was not OK??? Also, the victim in domestic violence cases almost always backs up the perp, but under duress. The cops should believe their senses, not the words of people who almost exclusively lie in the very circumstances with which the cops seemed to have been presented.
 

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I absolutely accept the concept of exigent circumstances.

I don’t want cops standing around outside my home waiting for a warrant, while a BG beats me to death. If cops reasonably believe that someone is in danger inside a home, it is imperative that they be able to enter without a warrant.

ROFLMAO...

Oh please eye95...”the facts” state the LEs waited 15-20 [your choice] therefore your tired, whiny ar$e would be beat to chopped liver while awaiting this LE group to respond to their concept of exigent circumstances...

Thanks tho...great visual of keystone cops waiting outside all the while the BG ‘exercises’ on you...13633
 

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Citizens lying to cops must not be the default condition for cops. You hold a differing view, no biggie.
You are right. However, under some circumstances, such as this one (and my bank robbery example), it is reasonable for cops to not accept the word of a probable perp and a probable victim under duress. That is not to say they should assume lying, but that they should want verification from their own senses.
 

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I absolutely accept the concept of exigent circumstances.

I don’t want cops standing around outside my home waiting for a warrant, while a BG beats me to death. If cops reasonably believe that someone is in danger inside a home, it is imperative that they be able to enter without a warrant.
If that is the case then move to England. Your way of thinking is contrary to the fourth amendment and our founding fathers. The fourth Amendment does not say one word about exceptions. But, the SC created exceptions out of thin air. The bastardized all the amendments to favor the government.

That thinking makes you a fish out of water on this forum.
 

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My most humble apologies for not following the party line. I am forever sorry that I don’t have a closed mind, but am capable of independent thinking.

The 4A does not prohibit police action to save people in danger—as well it should not.
 

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My most humble apologies for not following the party line. I am forever sorry that I don’t have a closed mind, but am capable of independent thinking.

The 4A does not prohibit police action to save people in danger—as well it should not.
Yes it does. The 4th is clear, no warrant, no entry. There is no exceptions in the 4th.

I may buy your idea of exigent circumstances IF the cops CANNOT charge anyone with a crime. And, that will be a cold day in hell for that to ever happening.
 

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The 6th. curcuit court of appeals just ruled meter-maids chalking your tires for parking infractions is a 4th. Amendment trespass. Yet, you can be charged with interfering with cops braking down my door without a warrant.
 

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1. You might try rereading the 4A. It does not say that.

2. Under court rulings, while reacting to exigent circumstances, the plain-sight rule applies. If the cops are someplace lawfully, and happen to see evidence, it is admissible. They are not allowed to search.
 

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1. You might try rereading the 4A. It does not say that.

2. Under court rulings, while reacting to exigent circumstances, the plain-sight rule applies. If the cops are someplace lawfully, and happen to see evidence, it is admissible. They are not allowed to search.
So, what did the cops see through the solid door? Nothing.

The 4th. amendment says clearly that a search without a warrant is unreasonable.
 

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1. You might try rereading the 4A. It does not say that.

2. Under court rulings, while reacting to exigent circumstances, the plain-sight rule applies. If the cops are someplace lawfully, and happen to see evidence, it is admissible. They are not allowed to search.

Yes actually it does say exactly what COL posted. Plus some.

There are no exceptions to getting a warrant

Amendment IV
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.
 

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Yes actually it does say exactly what COL posted. Plus some.

There are no exceptions to getting a warrant

Amendment IV
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.
Actually, it does not say what he claims it says. The language is plain.
 

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You are the ones making the positive contention about what it says. It is incumbent upon you two to show that the 4A even requires a warrant to do a search.

However, nowhere have I contended that anyone was trying to do a search without a warrant.

Please don’t argue with that which I did not say.

I you want to disagree with my precise statements, let’s. If not, meh.
 

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You are the ones making the positive contention about what it says. It is incumbent upon you two to show that the 4A even requires a warrant to do a search.

However, nowhere have I contended that anyone was trying to do a search without a warrant.

Please don’t argue with that which I did not say.

I you want to disagree with my precise statements, let’s. If not, meh.

Posted it so you could read it.
The 4A requires a warrant to search.
Plain as day. Even down to the points if specifically naming what the search is for, where, etc.

Can't offer more proof that post it in its entirety to prove a search constitutionally required a warrant.
 

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You are the ones making the positive contention about what it says. It is incumbent upon you two to show that the 4A even requires a warrant to do a search.

However, nowhere have I contended that anyone was trying to do a search without a warrant.

Please don’t argue with that which I did not say.

I you want to disagree with my precise statements, let’s. If not, meh.
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OK your claiming police have a constitutional right to enter a home if they think they have reason too, with no warrant?
 

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This is the 4th Amendment diagrammed.
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Very simply, without a warrant a search is unreasonable, period.

To say otherwise is contrary to the plain reading on the amendment.
 
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