For what it is worth, it actually IS legal to arrest someone without a warrant--particularly house arrest, which is usually done when you think someone SHOULD be arrested and are holding them for the purpose of sending your partner to go obtain a warrant. It is generally considered 'detainment.'
Also, the NLG? Kinda known among lawyers as being the whacko commie lawyer group. I would be inclined to see if the ACLU or the ACS gets involved in the next few days--they are organizations that are less considered to be fringe organizations.
If there were machine guns involved in this arrest, though, they may have a case for excessive force. I am also curious whether or not they knocked, which, believe it or not, is a requirement for that kind of arrest.
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Date: 2008-08-31 05:48 pm (UTC)Also, the NLG? Kinda known among lawyers as being the whacko commie lawyer group. I would be inclined to see if the ACLU or the ACS gets involved in the next few days--they are organizations that are less considered to be fringe organizations.
If there were machine guns involved in this arrest, though, they may have a case for excessive force. I am also curious whether or not they knocked, which, believe it or not, is a requirement for that kind of arrest.