Re:Agents raid home of fired Florida data scientist who buil...
by godelski on Monday December 07, 2020 @08:15PM
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> We have a law that we may not be required to quarter soldiers, perhaps a better law would have been to make it illegal to enter private property without consent armed.
I believe that a warrant gives them this right. But the give a bit more nuance there is a difference in entering armed vs drawn. We should definitely have a high standard for when weapons are allowed to be drawn. It is in fact the police who are in a position of power, so they have the higher standard to meet.
Re:Agents raid home of fired Florida data scientist who buil...
by BurningFrog on Monday December 07, 2020 @09:41PM
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With a pulled over car you can see the driver, and part of US driver's ed is to keep your hands visible to the officer.
When you break down a door, you can't know what's waiting on the other side.
Its completely unacceptable. Police don't pull over drivers for speeding with a gun drawn. However, anyone in Florida may be armed and you cannot reasonably argue that the drivers are cool headed.
This overreaction is unprofessional, dangerous, and thuggish.
We have a law that we may not be required to quarter soldiers, perhaps a better law would have been to make it illegal to enter private property without consent armed.