Comment Re:Why should it never have happened? (Score 1) 382
Except they requested to search the house and the request was granted by the homeowner. Unless some sort of coercion was involved (and a simple police presence does not rise to the level of coercion) then nothing wrong happened in regards to the search. If they had later requested a search warrant after being denied the opportunity to search, and it was subsequently granted, then there might (might)be an argument of overreach on the part of the judge (or the police, if they wrongly "bolstered" their argument by adding facts that weren't really facts). However, all that is simply speculation since none of it happened.
I'm not a fan of the police in general (or the way the justice system currently runs), but most of the comments here involve rampant speculation and little discussion of the actual facts of the case. This doesn't help the cause of straightening corrupt police out (or throwing them out). It simply adds strength to the "pro-police no matter the means used" camp when they argue those who oppose them on any issue are the paranoid fringes of society. The best defense (and offence) is to remove as much fuel from their arguments as possible by sticking closely by the facts that cannot be refuted.