First off, a big kudos for most of those within this thread. I'm involved in discussing this subject with other sites and I commend those on here for keeping "mature" parameters with the posts that they make. I've seen quite a bit of derogatory name calling with threads like these. And this one seems to be working quite well (I mean jewel23 notwithstanding
.....I'm KIDDING, I"M KIDDING! See the emoticon?
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I just think this is an important subject for people to kick around in their heads.
Anyway;
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Originally Posted by CamaroSkooter
What I'm trying to establish is that law enforcement can't just enter every structure in a radius of a "last sighting" unless they have some kind of reasonable suspicion that the suspect entered a specific structure.
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Well, this was a town under Martial Law. I can't find actual "proof" that it was "declared" Martial Law, But by the actions of police it is defacto Martial law. Therefore no need for warrants.
No, I'm not one of the conspiracy theorists that says this was a dry run to see how people would react to martial law. No I'm not saying the government has an active plan to take away our rights (I'm trying to get to my point without being too political. Hopefully I'm being generic enough).
As I have said in the past, precedence has been set. Whether it is legal or not, is almost a moot point (I mean for this conversation. Obviously, if someone in Watertown wanted to try to take this to court, it would be a matter to contend with. Unfortunately, those involved won't/can't/don't feel its important enough to fight. I honestly don't know if I would do that myself). The genie is out of the bottle on this. Another freedom is being chiseled away.
And I'm afraid that some of our citizens' indifference to this event, is just greasing that slope more.