| Spanky |
09-18-2005 12:37 AM |
Exclusionary Rule
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Originally posted by taxwonk
Damages aren't sufficient because they fail to remedy the injury. The exclusionary rule is all about the externalities.
As a citizen, I have no use for cash. What I want is to know that the cops won't come crashing in my door because my neighbor, who is pissed at me for letting my dog shit in his yard (hi Pony!), has told the cops that he thinks I might be dealing.
If the cop is going to get a demerit on his record because the city has to pay me $10,000 damages, but he's going to get his sergeant's stripes if he busts a drug dealer, isn't going to give a shit about whether the neighbor is right or wrong. He's kicking the door in because it no longer costs him anything to be wrong.
What the fuck is it about some people that they think that all the wrongs in the world can be solved by throwing money at them?
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I think your problem is that you don't think dealing drugs is a crime. You are not worried about someone having their rights infringed on, you are worried about someone getting caught dealing drugs.
You don't use a child molester and kidnapper as your example because that is a crime everyone agrees is bad.
If your neighbor gives the reason for the cops to bust in and they find chained up children in your basement then everything would work out great. The children would go free, and your heirs would get the money for the damages done to you while you rot in jail for the rest of your life.
The answer to your issue is not the exlusionary rule, you don't like some of the laws we have.
If they break in and you are not a drug dealer, I think $10,000 is pretty good compensation. For $10,000 the cops can come do an illegal search of my house any time. In fact I wish they would. |
