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Jul. 29th, 2007 12:30 amCorrupt sheriff's department arrests couple for "desecrating American flag" after forced unlawful entry of their home without a warrant. link
Your only defense against a corrupt local law enforcement agency is to move out of their jurisdiction. Quickly.
( Quotes from the story. )
The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office is totally out of control and the deputies clearly, blatantly and deliberately violated the Constitutional rights of peaceful, law abiding citizens.
Let us say, for the sake of argument, that the arrested persons had been viciously beating their dog earlier in the day. Such an act is a crime, just about everywhere. (This is to get away from the flag burning issue.)
There was STILL no grounds for the unlawful, excessive and completely unjustifiable entry made by the deputy.
If I witnessed the deputy's actions, I would go to the district attorney and swear out an affidavit, then go and make a private person's arrest OF THE DEPUTY on the charge of breaking and entering, burglary (unlawful entry to commit a felony, to be specific, the Federal felony of violating a citizen's civil rights under color of authority.) I would bring media with me, as apparently the glaring light of publicity is all that is between the citizens of Asheville and the uniformed thugs of Buncombe County.
Various commentators, including a couple sure to appear in replies to this post, who do not understand the concept of a warrant deserve the police state they think they live in. The demand to show ID was unlawful and inappropriate on its face. No purpose in law or justice was served in this matter.
No one was in danger. Exigent circumstances do not apply. Police do not break into a private person's home without a warrant or an emergency. Neither existed. The entry was unlawful. QED.
Whether he was burning the American flag or burning his wife's panties is irrelevant. Our freedoms and liberties do not lie in a scrap of cloth, however holy, but in the sacred agreement that a government is of, by, and for the people, as provided for in the Constitution of the United States of America.
We dishonor that at our nation's peril.
Your only defense against a corrupt local law enforcement agency is to move out of their jurisdiction. Quickly.
( Quotes from the story. )
The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office is totally out of control and the deputies clearly, blatantly and deliberately violated the Constitutional rights of peaceful, law abiding citizens.
Let us say, for the sake of argument, that the arrested persons had been viciously beating their dog earlier in the day. Such an act is a crime, just about everywhere. (This is to get away from the flag burning issue.)
There was STILL no grounds for the unlawful, excessive and completely unjustifiable entry made by the deputy.
If I witnessed the deputy's actions, I would go to the district attorney and swear out an affidavit, then go and make a private person's arrest OF THE DEPUTY on the charge of breaking and entering, burglary (unlawful entry to commit a felony, to be specific, the Federal felony of violating a citizen's civil rights under color of authority.) I would bring media with me, as apparently the glaring light of publicity is all that is between the citizens of Asheville and the uniformed thugs of Buncombe County.
Various commentators, including a couple sure to appear in replies to this post, who do not understand the concept of a warrant deserve the police state they think they live in. The demand to show ID was unlawful and inappropriate on its face. No purpose in law or justice was served in this matter.
No one was in danger. Exigent circumstances do not apply. Police do not break into a private person's home without a warrant or an emergency. Neither existed. The entry was unlawful. QED.
Whether he was burning the American flag or burning his wife's panties is irrelevant. Our freedoms and liberties do not lie in a scrap of cloth, however holy, but in the sacred agreement that a government is of, by, and for the people, as provided for in the Constitution of the United States of America.
We dishonor that at our nation's peril.
