Stacy Lynne knew she was being followed. She kept seeing the same people and the same vehicles everywhere she went. Then she found a GPS tracking device had been hidden on her car. The Larimer County, Colorado, sheriff's office said it placed the device on her car, without a warrant, because officers feared she might kidnap her son in a custody dispute. But officials say they never actually turned the device on.
The failure here is the circumvention of constitutional law by the agency charge with protecting the rights of citizens.
The Fourth Amendment (Amendment IV) to theUnited States Constitution is the part of the Bill of Rights which guards against unreasonable searches and seizures, along with requiring any warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause. It was adopted as a response to the abuse of the writ of assistance, which is a type of general search warrant, in the American Revolution. Search and seizure (including arrest) should be limited in scope according to specific information supplied to the issuing court, usually by a law enforcement officer, who has sworn by it. The Fourth Amendment applies to the states by way of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
By trespassing on the property of Lynne, they have simply shown the invalidity of their existence. When law enforcement violates those which they are charged to protect, who watches the watchmen?
Original Page: http://reason.com/blog/2012/08/31/brickbat-ill-be-watching-you
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