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"That does not matter."
This is what a teen was told by a Baltimore police officer, when the teen tried to claim the legal right to be left in peace, at his own home.
"This is my house," the teen said to the officer.
"That don't matter," the officer replied.
What might have helped this teen ?
Using these words ?
“I Do Not Wish To Speak To You Without My Lawyer Present.”
The teen was approached by the officer, because the officer wanted to speak to the homeowner.
The teen gave the officer a reasonable answer. He told the officer that the homeowner is away, at work.
The first officer had no warrant. The second officer had no warrant.
Were the police trying to search the house without a warrant ?
Were the police seeking to arrest the homeowner without a warrant ?
Two teen boys were inide the home, and spoke to the first officer.
The boy who spoke to the officer, and refused him entry into the home was arrested.
Another officer arrives. That officer grabbed the teen and arrested the teen, after the teen told the officer that "This is my house."
witness to the arrest explains what he had seen-
"So, he tryin to come in with us, so we tell him you ain't go no search warrant or nothing to come in the house, so how are you gonna try to come in?"
"And, the white police officer, he just got out of the car--ain't ask nothing, ain't say nothing--just stepped in and grabbed my homeboy out of the house, grabbed him by the neck and slung him over that way."
The second officer arrested the teen in a violent matter. He grabbed the boy, mauled the boy, and threw him to the ground.
“If they don’t want police in their house, then they shouldn’t let the police in their house, and they shouldn’t let the police intimidate them into letting them into their house,” ACLU attorney David Rocah said. “What’s troubling with this video is the people seem to be exercising their rights, and the arrest seems to be for them exercising their rights.”
Video clip of incident
http://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/man-arrested-after-refusing-police-entry-to-baltimore-home
Both teen boys were residents of the home.
One teen was home, and the second teen tried to get the first teen's attention by banging on the door and window, to gain entrance.
Why the first officer followed the teen to his home, is an unanswered question.
Maybe, because he thought the teen would lead him to the homeowner ?
Who knows ?
The teen was released the day after the incident.
Charges of disorderly conduct were dropped.
"If they don’t want police in their house, then they shouldn’t let the police in their house, and they shouldn’t let the police intimidate them into letting them into their house,” ACLU attorney David Rocah said. “What’s troubling with this video is the people seem to be exercising their rights, and the arrest seems to be for them exercising their rights.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/ba...-his-home-without-a-warrant-that-dont-matter/
http://www.mymassachusettsdefenselawyer.com/what-should-i-do-if-the-police-call-me/
Raw Story makes a note of an anniversary
"Tuesday will mark one year to the day since the death of Freddie Gray following his arrest, an incident that sparked protests within the city."
On April 12, 2015, Freddie Carlos Gray, Jr., a 25-year-old man, was arrested by the Baltimore Police Department for possessing what the police alleged was an illegal switchblade. While being transported in a police van, Gray fell into a coma and was taken to a trauma center.
How did Porter refuse to take responsibility for the death of Freddie Gray ?
He replied the word, "untue."
(Spell check, why do you let such mistakes slip by me ? I do not make a habit out of inventing words.
I meant to post untrue I posted untue. *sigh* Thank you, for the help.)
(Special thanks to my Spellcheck gremlins, for fighting me over each word that I tried to post. Grrrrrrr!)
This is what a teen was told by a Baltimore police officer, when the teen tried to claim the legal right to be left in peace, at his own home.
"This is my house," the teen said to the officer.
"That don't matter," the officer replied.
What might have helped this teen ?
Using these words ?
“I Do Not Wish To Speak To You Without My Lawyer Present.”
The teen was approached by the officer, because the officer wanted to speak to the homeowner.
The teen gave the officer a reasonable answer. He told the officer that the homeowner is away, at work.
The first officer had no warrant. The second officer had no warrant.
Were the police trying to search the house without a warrant ?
Were the police seeking to arrest the homeowner without a warrant ?
Two teen boys were inide the home, and spoke to the first officer.
The boy who spoke to the officer, and refused him entry into the home was arrested.
Another officer arrives. That officer grabbed the teen and arrested the teen, after the teen told the officer that "This is my house."
witness to the arrest explains what he had seen-
"So, he tryin to come in with us, so we tell him you ain't go no search warrant or nothing to come in the house, so how are you gonna try to come in?"
"And, the white police officer, he just got out of the car--ain't ask nothing, ain't say nothing--just stepped in and grabbed my homeboy out of the house, grabbed him by the neck and slung him over that way."
The second officer arrested the teen in a violent matter. He grabbed the boy, mauled the boy, and threw him to the ground.
“If they don’t want police in their house, then they shouldn’t let the police in their house, and they shouldn’t let the police intimidate them into letting them into their house,” ACLU attorney David Rocah said. “What’s troubling with this video is the people seem to be exercising their rights, and the arrest seems to be for them exercising their rights.”
Video clip of incident
http://foxbaltimore.com/news/local/man-arrested-after-refusing-police-entry-to-baltimore-home
Both teen boys were residents of the home.
One teen was home, and the second teen tried to get the first teen's attention by banging on the door and window, to gain entrance.
Why the first officer followed the teen to his home, is an unanswered question.
Maybe, because he thought the teen would lead him to the homeowner ?
Who knows ?
The teen was released the day after the incident.
Charges of disorderly conduct were dropped.
"If they don’t want police in their house, then they shouldn’t let the police in their house, and they shouldn’t let the police intimidate them into letting them into their house,” ACLU attorney David Rocah said. “What’s troubling with this video is the people seem to be exercising their rights, and the arrest seems to be for them exercising their rights.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/ba...-his-home-without-a-warrant-that-dont-matter/
http://www.mymassachusettsdefenselawyer.com/what-should-i-do-if-the-police-call-me/
Raw Story makes a note of an anniversary
"Tuesday will mark one year to the day since the death of Freddie Gray following his arrest, an incident that sparked protests within the city."
On April 12, 2015, Freddie Carlos Gray, Jr., a 25-year-old man, was arrested by the Baltimore Police Department for possessing what the police alleged was an illegal switchblade. While being transported in a police van, Gray fell into a coma and was taken to a trauma center.
How did Porter refuse to take responsibility for the death of Freddie Gray ?
He replied the word, "untue."
(Spell check, why do you let such mistakes slip by me ? I do not make a habit out of inventing words.
I meant to post untrue I posted untue. *sigh* Thank you, for the help.)
(Special thanks to my Spellcheck gremlins, for fighting me over each word that I tried to post. Grrrrrrr!)
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