The Importance Of Crime In The United States

Seizures that are done unconstitutionally don’t normally occur, but I did recently read an article relating to your answer. Sadly, sometimes police may seize someone’s private property, even if they did not commit any crimes. According to the webpage ACLU (2013), 130 CAID patrons were innocent, but were detained by the police at an Art Institute in Detroit which resulted in confiscation and the impoundment more than thirty cars and citations. However, there were no drugs or any weapons found. The American Civil Liberties Union decided to file a lawsuit because their cars were confiscated and they the police raided the institute when no crime was present. According the U.S. District Judge Victoria A. Roberts, the police was unconstitutional because it violated the 4th amendment. Arresting people with no evidence to prove that they have broken law is no doubt unconstitutional. The police argued that some people present could have been arrested, but lacked the probable cause to detain everybody at the institute. During the raid, some men and women established enough probable cause, but not enough probable cause to arrest everybody at the institute. Dan Korobkin, who is an ACLU staff …show more content…
My mother lives in Boston and is only an hour away from the marathon that took place that day. My mother called me all upset that day saying that the police went through every body’s house in the neighborhood, even if they denied. What do you think about searches like that? Do you think it s right for the police to search everybody’s house without their consent, when a terror attack occurs? I also heard that they ran into homes that nobody was present at the time and left the doors wide open. The police are trying to protect and serve their community. I don’t really see anything wrong with it and I would have welcomed the police in if they asked, but I am not sure if that is still he right thing to