Exactly. We could round up a criminals a lot more efficiently if it weren't for that pesky Bill of Rights. Really you just need to repeal about any one of them and wait for nature to take its course. Peace in our time. Or maybe it's that other thing...
Scooping them up on a valid arrest warrant isn't really violating the bill of rights.
I was more referring to the no-knock warrants, stop and frisk, that sort of thing. I'm all in favor of good old fashioned basic police work.
Cop Who Fired 16 Rounds at Breonna Taylor Said He Only Surmised That He Had Used His Gun
Drug warriors gratuitously created the chaotic situation that state prosecutors say justified the use of deadly force.reason.com
"... these officers created the situation in which [detective] Cosgrove found himself reflexively firing 16 rounds down a dark hallway. When a terrified man had the temerity to defend himself against a bewildering home invasion, Cosgrove and his colleagues responded with overwhelming force, firing a total of 32 bullets. The legal determination that 22 of those rounds were justified ... "
"... Myles Cosgrove, ... detective ...told investigators the incident unfolded so quickly that he was not consciously aware of using his gun ..."
" Cosgrove's description of the incident does not necessarily cast doubt on that conclusion, but it does underline the dangers inherent in the armed home invasions that police routinely use to enforce drug prohibition. Those dangers include not only the well-known risk that residents will mistake cops for robbers but the possibility that police will mistake their colleagues' gunfire for an assault by their targets. In such chaotic circumstances, there is also a risk that police will be injured or killed by friendly fire. "
reason.com
It seems to me that firing though closed blinds at a target that has had plenty of time to move is well into "reckless" territory. Especially since the muzzle flash he was aiming at was from fellow officers' guns.The Jury is back on Hankison
A Jury Concludes That Blindly Firing 10 Rounds Into Breonna Taylor's Apartment Was Not 'Wanton Endangerment'
Brett Hankison's acquittal shows how difficult it is to hold cops accountable for abusing their power.
Have to say this sounds VERY bad and like panic fire to me too. Fire at a shadows? I wonder what they would have done if he had hit one of his fellow officers in there? I know I would NEVER want his working with me.
Well he got fired and his boss said he was reckless and irresponsible, but the jury decided to let him off the hook. Per all the news stories, though, it's The System that protects bad cops and if only The People had some say...
I guess since he did not hit anyone I can see them not convicting him. Since at this point I highly doubt any Police Dept. would touch him now. So at least he can't do this again. He did get off VERY lucky. If he had hit one of his partners in there? Sadly a lot of people end up with the job of being a Cop who do NOT have what it takes. Often this is what happens when one of them is put in a bad situation.
