Watch the police remove a Watertown family from their home, and then search it.

[dcmdon]

Disgusting disregard for the people of Watertown and their 4A rights.

The men are forced to exit with their hands on their heads.


[video=youtube_share;2LrbsUVSVl8]http://youtu.be/2LrbsUVSVl8[/video]

 

[Skysoldier]

You put them in a SWAT uniform, and all of a sudden they become storm stoopers........kind of scary in my opinion.

Makes you wonder if some of the cops knew the house, and decided this was a chance to use the situation as an excuse to search the house without a warrant.

 

[nheric]

I hope we see 100s of law suits for rights violations such as this one.

 

[Serapis]

u wonder if some of the cops knew the house, and decided this was a chance to use the situation as an excuse to search the house without a warrant.

I am sure that was the furthest thing on their mind that day.

 

[not new guy]

Regular old fashioned police work must seem pretty boring after getting dressed up to play soldier.

 

[Screen Name]

scary stuff. They just took among themselves to suspend 4th amendment at will?? Wonder how defensible this would be legally speaking if you refused. Also you better believe if i was in watertown that day i would be carrying in my home wonder how that scenario plays out. SWAT vs armed homeowner protecting him/her self

 

[Serapis]

Poor dog is looks pissed they took his owner and then tied his leash to the fence. This looks bad

 

[dhuze]

That would have turned out differently if it were my house. That's exactly what the 4th Amendment is there to prevent.

 

[akma]

Legal question. Do you have to allow them to search your house without a search warrant? What if you resist?

 

[dhuze]

Legal question. Do you have to allow them to search your house without a search warrant? What if you resist?

NO. You would probably be arrested and have to file a lawsuit.

 

[Cabin Fever]

Given that fellow in Wellesley who lost his LTC a few years back for refusing to answer police questions, I can certainly see a person losing their LTC for refusing to let police in their home in a situation like this.

 

[Apathesis]

I won't even bother sharing this on FB. I'll either get ignored like I almost always do, or flamed.

Peons can screw.

 

[noquarter]

This video really bothers me in many ways. Like dhuze said.

 

[Lowbird]

Better question. Say you were carrying. Super cop catches a glimpse. Do you end up hog tied on the floor before you can say LTC?

 

[noquarter]

Those guys were not looking to make conversation.

 

[dcmdon]

I went to pick up my wife at Logan Fri morning.

They had a roadblock set up coming into the airport. They wanted to search people's trunks. People were opening their trunks without even thinking. Good Sheep.

I refused. I told him I had checked the trunk before I left and was absolutely sure there were not fugitives in it.

The cop looked at me and my 2 kids sitting in child seats in the back and waved me by.

Having kids with you is great. No cop wants to deal with all the crap that comes with arresting someone responsible for kids.

Don

 

[MoAmmoPlease]

Let the floodgates open!!! This is just more evidence of the erosion of our rights. It will be slow but incessant but erode they will. Personally I would have had no problem letting them is to look for this guy but I don't want to be told I have to.
I'm betting no one refused them access. We just do what we are told......

 

[Jason Flare]

I went to pick up my wife at Logan Fri morning.

They had a roadblock set up coming into the airport. They wanted to search people's trunks. People were opening their trunks without even thinking. Good Sheep.

I refused. I told him I had checked the trunk before I left and was absolutely sure there were not fugitives in it.

The cop looked at me and my 2 kids sitting in child seats in the back and waved me by.

Having kids with you is great. No cop wants to deal with all the crap that comes with arresting someone responsible for kids.

Don

A friend of mine who works for CSX said the railroad police are unlikely to arrest anyone with a dog. They don't want the hastle of dealing with a dog and the likelihood of being accused of animal cruelty.

 

[USMA-82]

Obviously a staged video - the dog is still alive.

 

[SteelShooter]

This was in the other thread, it was postulated by a forum LEO who was there (In Watertown, not this house) that the occupants probably requested to be treated this way.

 

[dcmdon]

Let the floodgates open!!! This is just more evidence of the erosion of our rights. It will be slow but incessant but erode they will. Personally I would have had no problem letting them is to look for this guy but I don't want to be told I have to.
I'm betting no one refused them access. We just do what we are told......

Why would you let them in if they asked nice?

Unless you actually suspected he was there.

The cop asked me nice to open my trunk. I KNEW it was empty. He didn't. Tough nuts for him.

 

[Supermoto]

I heard that the ACLU has been contacted and are working on this

 

[Jude Thaddeus]

IBTM.


In Before The Martlet seeing he/she didn't want to believe this sort of thing happened last week.

 

[dcmdon]

This was in the other thread, it was postulated by a forum LEO who was there (In Watertown, not this house) that the occupants probably requested to be treated this way.

Officer, please prone me out and pub a boot on my throat.

 

[Mudfish]

What if just prior to this the cops got a 911 call saying they saw someone fitting the description of the terrorist entering that house. Wouldn't that pretty much throw the 4A argument out the window? Not saying that is what happened, but there is no way of knowing why they went full retard on that house, then packed up their crap and left the neighborhood entirely.

 

[dcmdon]

I heard that the ACLU has been contacted and are working on this

That is awesome. I hope it cost the town or state MILLIONS. This is beginning to remind me a lot of the Katrina aftermath.

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What if just prior to this the cops got a 911 call saying they saw someone fitting the description of the terrorist entering that house. Wouldn't that pretty much throw the 4A argument out the window? Not saying that is what happened, but there is no way of knowing why they went full retard on that house, then packed up their crap and left the neighborhood entirely.

Repeat after me. I DO NOT CONSENT TO ANY SEARCHES.

 

[not new guy]

We pay for all this with our tax dollars.

 

[crazymjb]

I'm always inclined to give the benefit of the doubt (especially in individual situations with which I don't have all the info)... but I have some serious concerns over the way the whole thing was handled at a general level.

Mike

 

[spcantwell]

Officer, please prone me out and pub a boot on my throat.

some place's make you pay extra for that kind of treatment...

 

[AntiHippie]

Can somebody tell me what the back story is here and explain why they were removed from the house? It wasn't in the video, but it sounds like it must have already been posted here, and I can't find it.