TFred
Regular Member
Op-Ed from New Jersey of all places... mods, please move as you see fit, wanted to give our Virginia folks a first look at this.
If Blackstone was correct with his famous formulation:
"It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer,"
how much more true is it that it is better that we might let a handful of suspected criminals delay arrest in order to prevent the cold blooded MURDER of so many innocent people?
TFred
Who Will Protect You From The Police? The Rise of Government-Sanctioned Home Invasions
"Indeed, if Winston Churchill is correct that “democracy means that if the doorbell rings in the early hours, it is likely to be the milkman,” then it’s safe to say that we no longer live in a democracy. Certainly not in a day and age when the Fourth Amendment, which was intended to protect us against the police state, especially home invasions by government agents, has been reduced to little more than words on paper."
If Blackstone was correct with his famous formulation:
"It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer,"
how much more true is it that it is better that we might let a handful of suspected criminals delay arrest in order to prevent the cold blooded MURDER of so many innocent people?
TFred
Who Will Protect You From The Police? The Rise of Government-Sanctioned Home Invasions
"Indeed, if Winston Churchill is correct that “democracy means that if the doorbell rings in the early hours, it is likely to be the milkman,” then it’s safe to say that we no longer live in a democracy. Certainly not in a day and age when the Fourth Amendment, which was intended to protect us against the police state, especially home invasions by government agents, has been reduced to little more than words on paper."