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And to hear Dana Fucking Perino, who was W’s press secretary and knows better, parrot this shit is maddening

 

Maybe the search party simply has to give/get a receipt ...

 

Not just casinos, casinos in Atlantic City, which has a beach and are less than a two-hour drive from New York, Philadelphia and Washington. Additional, he had a virtual monopoly at that time since casinos hadn’t yet been passed in Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York and West Virginia. If he had gone tits up with a casino in Topeka it would add up. Instead, he drove the place into the ground, sold the properties off to his criminal friends (Icahn) and they’re just now showing signs of life after years of malfeasances.

 

Probably already posted, but still, the sad thing is - I doubt it even registers with these people.

 

She didn’t. That’s a quote from 2016 about Hillary. Oddly, SHS hasn’t deleted it yet - because folks are hammering her about it. (Not that she cares about what the people think.)

 

Would seeing a dog locked inside a car on a 98-degree day allow for cause to break into the car, and would seeing financial info related to the case on the front seat make it kosher to do a search? Lennie Briscoe and Jack McCoy would say sure, but they're Lennie Briscoe and Jack McCoy and bend the rules. And yes, I know that's an off-the-wall hypothetical.

Are search warrants sealed? I saw here that they weren't, but my Google searching seems to indicate they're only in a database to which common folk don't have access.

As you can tell, I was never a cops or data reporter.

 

The warrant is being audited. Plus it’s really complex and most people wouldn’t understand it. But he will release in a couple of weeks or so.

 

As to your dog hypothetical, it depends. What are you searching for? If it were evidence of cruelty to animals, I'd say that's probable cause. See, e.g., Beck v. Ohio. If you busted the window to get the dog out and the car smelled like a rastafarian in a state where cannabis is illegal, you'd have probable cause to search for illicit drugs.

Search warrants, generally, can be sealed, especially in an instance where the supporting affidavit would alert broader investigative targets, giving them a chance to destroy or spoil evidence.

 

Thanks. This is why I hang around this place, because smart people answer stupid people's questions without being too condescending.

 

We know the Fox News response - if the DOJ laid out the facts about the search and investigation, they'd be accused of "trying the case in public" and not respecting the "innocent until proven guilty" thing. Maybe we can send Trump to Russia for Griner and a case of vodka.

 

To piggyback on Woody's on the money response - Police also tend to have very wide latitude when it comes to deeming something "exigent circumstances," for better or worse. In your car example, with a dog or a baby? They're shattering the window, and probably not making that much of an effort to find your dumb ass. But obviously, plenty of officers can "hear a disturbance" from an apartment, and suddenly they're entering without a warrant. Whether this results in the officer getting in trouble depends on the political climate of your area, and what they find, or don't.

re: Search warrants, at least in Rhode Island they were pretty much 99 percent available if an arrest had been made. I believe they were supposed to be available for review after their execution by the public after 14 to 28 days at the department's designated courthouse, but as Woody mentions, there were plenty of ways to extend this deadline or attempt to "hide" officer actions. (i.e. You break down some innocent person's door, trying to find a drug operation; oops, officers raided 1000 Smith St. instead of 10000 Smith St. If the occupants of 1000 are convinced to stay quiet and to let the PD's insurance pay them out, you're probably not seeing that warrant until the search is done at 10000 Smith St. Or, it'll just get lost forever.)