03-19-2018, 04:51 PM
(03-19-2018, 03:32 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Because we've decided that letting a criminal continue to commit crime is more important than giving law enforcement sweeping powers, i.e. people will be victimized and die because of this right. People will be raped, children will be molested. The Framers decided that this is an acceptable trade off for limiting police powers in this country.
Kind of a strange way to state that argument.
The 4th amendment was written to protect innocent people, not just criminals. The framers were very wise when it came to recognizing the damage that can be wrought on innocent people by unlimited police powers.
