What was the alternative to what the police did in Boston?

[AGRP]

 

[Origanalist]

Better check the batteries on that thing...just sayin. It went off a little late.

 

[Dr.3D]

So you think the police would just believe everyone who said that they searched their own house? They wouldn't consider the possibility that the suspect had friends or relatives who were harboring him in their home?

It's against the law to lie to the police. People wouldn't want to get in trouble doing that. It's also against the law to harbor a fugitive. That would be two counts somebody would be liable for if they didn't tell the truth when they said they checked their own home.

 

[KingNothing]

The thing that I was getting at with this was that about 90% of people would "consent" to a search, not because they thought that the police would find the suspect in their home, but because they were afraid of suspicion falling on themselves.

even if they give Consent in such a situation, they're actually giving it under a form of duress.

If the response to the police action is any indication, people did not feel intimated. They welcomed the authoritarianism. That is the frightening part.

 

[Carson]

And they didn't get anymore done with all of that force. I think the boat owner found the kid.

and more than likely found him sooner with out all of the guns pointed at people and their privacy violated.

 

[Aratus]

there has been a rather short press conference with the three police officers who were first on the scene when the 19 year old was spotted

 

[Anti Federalist]

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