House to house Search .

[Great-Kazoo]

Right or wrong my answer would be...........Go To Hell. They have ZERO right to come into my home & search it.

This is how we loss our freedom & liberty.

Well said, thank you!!! Chipping away our freedoms and liberties piece by piece. Then one day it will all be non existent.

Both of you as well as others are forgetting 1 important item.

PATRIOT ACT> TERRORISM there is no sorry, warrant etc. A TERRORIST IS ON THE LOOSE.
FWIW: I know about 1/2 doz of the guys doing D-D There are looking for 1 thing, The "suspect" .

I doubt they care if you're filming under age porno. Unless one of them fits the description, or it's their daughter!

Word of advice. Don't start writing checks with your mouth, Your body can't cash.

[Jesus-With-A-.45]

Both of you as well as others are forgetting 1 important item.

PATRIOT ACT> TERRORISM there is no sorry, warrant etc. A TERRORIST IS ON THE LOOSE.
FWIW: I know about 1/2 doz of the guys doing D-D There are looking for 1 thing, The "suspect" .

I doubt they care if you're filming under age porno. Unless one of them fits the description, or it's their daughter!

Word of advice. Don't start writing checks with your mouth, Your body can't cash.

I believe the Patriot Act is unconstitutional & if I choose to stand against it........................then "I'm filming porno with underage girls" & that's the reason I don't want them in my home?

WOW.

That sounds like the kind of statement that comes from liberal mouths.

I guess I shouldn't make a fuss though........I'll just be quiet, get in line & do as I'm told. .GOV knows whats best for us all, now & forever.

[Great-Kazoo]

I believe the Patriot Act is unconstitutional & if I choose to stand against it........................then "I'm filming porno with underage girls" & that's the reason I don't want them in my home?

WOW.

That sounds like the kind of statement that comes from liberal mouths.

I guess I shouldn't make a fuss though........I'll just be quiet, get in line & do as I'm told. .GOV knows whats best for us all, now & forever.

Far from it and until the PA is repealed we are screwed. But since you don't know me feel FREE to judge from behind your keyboard.

[cstone]

In this case, if you lived in Watertown, you would know why the police want to enter your house when they knock on your door. Does that knowledge influence your response to the officers at the door? What if you did not know why the police were at your door? Would that influence your response?

Given what you know right now, if you were in a position of authority and trying to protect innocent citizens in the community, how would you find this criminal? What orders would you give to the officers and agents working for you?

I am not familiar with Massachusetts state law, however, I believe the police would be permitted an exigent search under the current circumstances. Even if the police were not legally permitted to search, it would take a foolish individual to violently resist a tactical entry team, while your wife and children are in the house with you. If the police err in executing searches, the time to fight them is another day in a courtroom.

If you have contraband items in plain view in your house, you have different issues. There are many other ways of dealing with contraband rather than getting into a fire fight with your family in harms way. Sometimes you just have to pick your battles.

Oh, and my default position is, "I do not consent to any search of my person or domicile." Legal or illegal, the search will probably take place and I will deal with the consequences afterward.

Be safe.

[TFOGGER]

In this case, if you lived in Watertown, you would know why the police want to enter your house when they knock on your door. Does that knowledge influence your response to the officers at the door? What if you did not know why the police were at your door? Would that influence your response?

Given what you know right now, if you were in a position of authority and trying to protect innocent citizens in the community, how would you find this criminal? What orders would you give to the officers and agents working for you?

I am not familiar with Massachusetts state law, however, I believe the police would be permitted an exigent search under the current circumstances. Even if the police were not legally permitted to search, it would take a foolish individual to violently resist a tactical entry team, while your wife and children are in the house with you. If the police err in executing searches, the time to fight them is another day in a courtroom.

If you have contraband items in plain view in your house, you have different issues. There are many other ways of dealing with contraband rather than getting into a fire fight with your family in harms way. Sometimes you just have to pick your battles.

Oh, and my default position is, "I do not consent to any search of my person or domicile." Legal or illegal, the search will probably take place and I will deal with the consequences afterward.

Be safe.

What was legal last week may become contraband next week...

[BushMasterBoy]

Wasn't James Holmes dressed in SWAT gear? And no I would not answer the door...

[OneGuy67]

They have a sole purpose and that is to find the suspect, whom they have identified. They know what he looks like. They are not going to care at that time if you have a firearm, or the pot plant in the corner. They are looking for the suspect and that is it.

[Mtn.man]

Police are telling residents to stay inside lock your doors and don't answer for anybody.

OK so "I ain't answering the door go away"

That should work.

[Dave]

Police are telling residents to stay inside lock your doors and don't answer for anybody.

OK so "I ain't answering the door go away"

That should work.

Dave's not here man...

[SuperiorDG]

This is where I would want to be held up.



Curious and "freaked out," Kaitlan Wilson, left, and Jen Jones look out on Palfrey Street from their apartment during the ongoing manhunt for a suspect in the terrorist bombing of the 117th Boston Marathon earlier this week. Under a lockdown, residents of Watertown are trapped in their homes.
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