Swatting—a dangerous trend in which pranksters fabricate emergency reports to get SWAT teams or other law enforcement to descend on a victim's home—has had deadly consequences. In 2020, a Tennessee ...
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Sheriff's deputy starts a visit by shooting a dog, ends it with a warrantless search
A Wake County, North Carolina, sheriff's deputy entered a private home with no warrant and no occupants, immediately shot the ...
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Justices to consider circumstances in which police may enter a home during an emergency
The Fourth Amendment generally requires police officers to obtain a warrant before they enter a home. But the Supreme Court has recognized several exceptions to that rule for emergencies. On Wednesday ...
For the first time, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in an opinion issued Oct. 27 that law enforcement officers may enter a home without a warrant based on a threat that an ...
It started in a garage and may go to the Supreme Court of the United States. After the North Dakota Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling Thursday that a Bismarck police officer did not violate her Fourth ...
The Fourth Amendment generally requires police officers to obtain a warrant before they enter a home. But the Supreme Court has recognized several exceptions to that rule for emergencies. On Wednesday ...
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