Part of what confuses this is that there were five raids and I don't know which is which. The house that locked the doors was I believe, empty of caltrops but full of video equipment; it's possible the place with the caltrops also locked all of the doors, I don't know. To a certain extent I don't know if we will find out for a while or at all, and that troubles me too. If it's not clear, I'm against the use of caltrops.
Here's my question: If locking the doors in response to police presence is extreme and incriminating, and giving consent is "basically a carte blanche," how are you actually supposed to respond? Is there an appropriate set of code words for "No, you may not enter my domicile, but you don't need to raid me?" That's part of what concerns me; it sounded like, from video accounts, at least one house just let them in and at least one barricaded themselves, and they basically got the same reaction.
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regna
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Date: 2008-08-31 06:15 pm (UTC)Part of what confuses this is that there were five raids and I don't know which is which. The house that locked the doors was I believe, empty of caltrops but full of video equipment; it's possible the place with the caltrops also locked all of the doors, I don't know. To a certain extent I don't know if we will find out for a while or at all, and that troubles me too. If it's not clear, I'm against the use of caltrops.
Here's my question: If locking the doors in response to police presence is extreme and incriminating, and giving consent is "basically a carte blanche," how are you actually supposed to respond? Is there an appropriate set of code words for "No, you may not enter my domicile, but you don't need to raid me?" That's part of what concerns me; it sounded like, from video accounts, at least one house just let them in and at least one barricaded themselves, and they basically got the same reaction.