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So when a cop, swat team, busts down a door because of a "informant" who may or may not have been vetted and ends up being the wrong address, it's ok.
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Nope,
That is an illegal act and all heads concerned
should roll. Unfortunately, it usually does not work that way, but
that is a
different debate.
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But a voice on the phone about a medical emergency is not ok.
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First, how could the husband claim a "medical emergency" from 4 hours away, he is not there, and has only the fact that she is not answering the phone as evidence. Police
responded,
tried to see if they could find
any evidence that someone was in trouble, all was quiet, end of story. Second, Do you
really want it
that easy to get a door kicked in ? Easy enough that I could call from right here and say " I'm Dustmonkey's Brother, (of course, I'm not) he is not answering the phone and I think he might be in the midst of a
medical emergency could you swing by and kick in the door to check" ? I think not. You and I have come down on the same side of an argument such as this more than once, but
this time you are a bit off-base friend. Put aside your outrage over abuses of LE powers that have occurred ( there are plenty, on that we agree) and look at
this incident, you will see that the cops stayed
lawful and that is a
good thing. It is s shame this lady had to suffer this alone, and thank God she, and the baby are OK, but the blame goes on the husband, he knew there was an issue, and
chose to leave her there alone, his attempt to shift
his personal responsibility to someone else to cover
his own negligence is the outrageous part of
this story.