RoyGBiv wrote:Civil rights violation. Clearly.jimlongley wrote: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
At minimum the LEO should be unemployed. Then we can start to talk about restitution.
The scary thing about this is that this type of thing seems to be more common these days, or maybe it is just getting more airtime. That said, I don't think this lack of understanding of the 4th Amendment runs wholesale throughout the LEO community in general.