I really don't care about the gun that was found. I really don't care what crime he was convicted of. The officer only had probable cause because of a false warrant out for the drivers arrest. The probable cause was not real and so anything found in the search is a moot point. Period. End of story.
We are a nation of laws, not good intentions. You don't get to just say, well, the cop was a good guy and he meant well, so we'll overlook the mistake and ignore the illegality. Its the same sort of argument that is being made in high political circles right now about the use of torture. The argument goes, "well, we got a legal opinion from people we appointed that says it isn't torture so we can't be held liable for any actions we took". People in positions of power, of authority, government agents, they have an added burden to get this shit right. That's how the system is designed and we do ourselves a grave grave disservice if we start letting good intentions and a vision of ourselves as the good guys erode the concept of the rule of law and holding the government to a strict notion of due process. Judah On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 6:33 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]> wrote: > No, but police can search a vehicle based on probable cause. I've had > my car searched because it matched the profile for a group that was > trafficking drugs (red '92 sunbird ... this was in '98) in North > Texas. > > Also, you failed to mention the gun that the officer found as well. > >> Sadly that doesn't seem to be against the law. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:285084 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
