A SWAT team blew a hole in my 2-year-old son

Re:A SWAT team blew a hole in my 2-year-old son by berberous on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @02:58PM (#7939736)

> Bullshit. The police can throw me in jail before a trial, preventing me from going to work. How's that not a violation of due process?

The amount of process due is largely determined by case law, with judges using a balancing test that balances several factors.

Most to the point in your hypo, one of the factors is the government interest involved.

The government has a much stronger interest in detaining a possible flight risk and processing you through the criminal system than in suspending an officer's pay before some sort of notice and a hearing is given.

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Re:A SWAT team blew a hole in my 2-year-old son by dllthomas on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @03:06PM (#7939803)

"The government has a much stronger interest in detaining a possible flight risk and processing you through the criminal system than in suspending an officer's pay before some sort of notice and a hearing is given."

Police officers can be flight risks. One of the "riders" from Oakland is still at large.

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Re:A SWAT team blew a hole in my 2-year-old son by SilasX on Tuesday June 24, 2014 @04:52PM (#7940561)

The issue was about cutting off one's livelihood before conviction, and the inconsistency in saying that it's okay to do that to normals, but a horrible atrocity to do the police.

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