http://cbs13.com/topstories/local_story_152182332.html

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"(AP) SAN FRANCISCO Police may enter Californians' homes without warrants to arrest those suspected of driving under the influence, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a case testing the scope of the Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. The 6-1 decision follows similar rulings in about a dozen other states. A dissenting justice said the majority handed authorities a "free pass" to unlawfully enter private homes and arrest people without warrants."

6/2/2006 9:35:36 AM

how the fuck

wait

what the fuck

wait

how the shit are you driving under the influence in your fucking house

6/2/2006 10:52:54 AM

im sure one of um will eventually make it up the ladder and be struck down

6/2/2006 11:03:29 AM

now we're talking about drunk people climbing ladders?

6/2/2006 11:08:56 AM

Is this talking about if you are driving drunk, a cop tries to pull you over but you keep driving till you get to your house and drive into the garage?
They would then need a warrant to enter your house, at which point in time you could have sobered up - and instead of a DUI you get what? a citation for not pulling over?

6/2/2006 11:18:18 AM

^^LOL

The article implies that people are ignoring blue lights, racing home, running inside, and chugging more booze in order to make an eventual breathalyzer test appear invalid. Meanwhile, the cops have to go obtain a warrant in order to get into their home, but under this provision, they wouldn't need to get a warrant?

I doubt this scenario is common enough to justify granting police that right.

And if there aren't blue lights involved at all, and the people don't know they are suspected of drunk driving...then that's just crazy to let the cops bust up in there.

^Actually, I think there are a lot of other charges you can get for that. obstruction of justice, eluding/evading, failure to, etc...

^^^I hope so.

[Edited on June 2, 2006 at 11:29 AM. Reason : sss]

6/2/2006 11:19:31 AM

if u read the article apparently a neighbor called the police saying she saw her neighbor drive drunk. what a dumb bitch by the way, then when police got there they found the guy drunk. I don't see what evidence that would have had that the guy actually drove drunk

6/3/2006 4:21:52 PM

maybe salisburyboy was right. OMFPOLICESTATE!

6/3/2006 4:52:42 PM

This is a step past ridiculous.

So a neighbor who hates you could know you are drinking, call the police, accuse you of drinking while driving (even if you didn't) and the police can show up and arrest you.

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"maybe salisburyboy was right. OMFPOLICESTATE!"

And all joking aside, it does actually smell like a police state action ...

6/3/2006 5:53:30 PM

^^^Whoa! I didn't know what you were talking about, but then I scrolled downpasy what I thought was the end of the article. I assumed the article was complete waaay before it actually was. Well, damn, no blue lights, no nothing--just showing up, busting in, and making arrests based on the word of one neighbor.

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"The door was open and a woman said the car's driver was asleep. Moments later, Thompson walked by the officers and they entered the house and arrested him. The neighbor confirmed it was the person she suspected of driving intoxicated and throwing an empty vodka bottle out the car door."

[Edited on June 3, 2006 at 6:01 PM. Reason : sss]

6/3/2006 6:00:42 PM

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"Whoa! I didn't know what you were talking about, but then I scrolled downpasy what I thought was the end of the article."

Yep.

This is FUCKED UP.

6/3/2006 6:03:08 PM

so its not so much a sign of us becoming a police state

more of a tattle-tale state

fuck that bitch

6/3/2006 6:20:02 PM

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"she saw her neighbor drive drunk"

Ok, I'm not defending the law, but you can't call this lady a heinous bitch without further story.

Lets say he drives home drunk every Friday afternoon and swerves around the neighborhood where little kids run around. She has every right to tell the cops to stop the putrid bastard's behavior. BUT, they need to come by and catch him on his drive rather than catch him at home.
If she just called because she thought he might be drunk ONCE, then she's a bitch, but if he's habitual, fuck him.

6/3/2006 7:34:08 PM

that's when you molotov cocktail that bitch's house ^. # 1 its none of her fucking buisness, #2 if she has that much of a problem she should have first complained to the neighbor not tattletale to the police. #3 their was no actual evidence except for an intoxicated man that he drove drunk.

6/3/2006 7:39:48 PM

are you that dumb? in his theoretical situation i wouldnt tolerate it even once. when you start acting like a moron in public and doing dangerous things it becomes my business.

6/3/2006 7:46:56 PM

Holy balls, I was agreed with in the Soap Box...end times near

6/3/2006 7:55:33 PM

What's troubling about this, is the judges are saying that it's ok in a certain situation. And that's ok when you have judges making that judgement. However, you can't trust the police to make that sort of judgement. They will always choose whatever makes their job easier, without regard to the 4th ammendment.

6/4/2006 12:18:03 AM