re: #10 Charles Johnson

Meanwhile…

Have you seen this?
“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book”: The new warrior cop is out of control
By Radley Balko - Sunday, Jul 7, 2013
Excerpted from “Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces” by Radley Balko.

Excerpt:

The most disturbing aspect of the Orlando raids was that police didn’t even attempt to obtain a legal search warrant. They didn’t need to, because they conducted the raids in conjunction with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Despite the guns and handcuffs, under Florida law these were licensure inspections, not criminal searches, so no warrants were necessary.

That such “administrative searches” have become an increasingly common way for police to get around the Fourth Amendment is bad enough. More disturbing is the amount of force they’re opting to use when they do.