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Police served a no knock warrant in my apartment building on the West side of Louisville KY a few days ago, which left me wondering a few things. Mostly if no knock was even necessary and who is going to pay for the damages?
I mean does the city pay for it, the door? So I'm I going to have to pay more tax because the police can't get a damed key from the owner of the building?
Or I'm I going to have to pay higher rents because of it, now that they had to pay maintenance to board up the door and later to repair it?
As an aside, the maintenance man told me they boarded up the door with a cat inside.
I don't know what went on but I suspect low level drug shit or some other felony warrant was served looking for someone inside.
Are these warrants even necessary and do they really do more harm than good?
Look at the reasons police may need one of these warrants:
1. People flushing drugs down the toilet or otherwise destroying evidence of a crime.
2. People suspected of have guns and the will to use them.
3. Explosives.
My take:
1. The US being a free country, and the whole basis of a free society is that of adult informed consent, drugs are not illegal anyway. How is someone going to have much more time to destroy evidence of the crimes such as child Pornography if they knock first?
2. This is America, everyone has a gun.
3. Explosives are a danger, but serving a no knock doesn't really make them any safer.
I think the justice system has just gone crazy with no knock for anything and everything. I can still see them being of use when they can't get a key in the case of explosives when it maybe linked to some form of terrorism when there maybe a reasonable cause to believe someone inside will blow the explosives rather than being taken alive.
So where do you come down?
I mean does the city pay for it, the door? So I'm I going to have to pay more tax because the police can't get a damed key from the owner of the building?
Or I'm I going to have to pay higher rents because of it, now that they had to pay maintenance to board up the door and later to repair it?
As an aside, the maintenance man told me they boarded up the door with a cat inside.
I don't know what went on but I suspect low level drug shit or some other felony warrant was served looking for someone inside.
Are these warrants even necessary and do they really do more harm than good?
Look at the reasons police may need one of these warrants:
1. People flushing drugs down the toilet or otherwise destroying evidence of a crime.
2. People suspected of have guns and the will to use them.
3. Explosives.
My take:
1. The US being a free country, and the whole basis of a free society is that of adult informed consent, drugs are not illegal anyway. How is someone going to have much more time to destroy evidence of the crimes such as child Pornography if they knock first?
2. This is America, everyone has a gun.
3. Explosives are a danger, but serving a no knock doesn't really make them any safer.
I think the justice system has just gone crazy with no knock for anything and everything. I can still see them being of use when they can't get a key in the case of explosives when it maybe linked to some form of terrorism when there maybe a reasonable cause to believe someone inside will blow the explosives rather than being taken alive.
So where do you come down?