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I believe that the decision is not quite as heavy handed as it might seem to be.
The Judge is not denying the significance of the 4th Amendment. He is trying to reduce the possibility of violence.
It isn't really a case of warranted and warrantless searches.
It sounds like a poor example of a policeman operating "under cover of law" when in fact it might not be so.
There is at law the concept of exigent circumstance which is also broad enough to "forgive' the conduct of the officer.
I do not believe that the 3 Judges made such a hideous mistake.
The right to privacy, even within a home, is subject, if violated to civil remedy.
Taking a gun out and blowing a cop away because he doesn't have a warrant is insanity. A persons home is not his castle. A man does not have the right to kill a man inside his home under almost all situations.
I don't think this is a chilling intrusion on my Constitutional Rights.
It is wrong. It should be punished. But it clearly need not escalate with more violence.
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