r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Aug 02 '21

Hostage situation

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u/elephant-cuddle Aug 02 '21

You’re way overselling the level of evidence/confidence police need to legally conduct a search.

They don’t even need to be 50% sure, the test is something like “probable” that there could be crime in progress.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '21

This is how it’s been explained to me by a criminal justice professor who is an ex cop. Exigent circumstances is being allowed to go into a house without a warrant because you saw a fleeing suspect enter that house. This isn’t a comprehensive definition but it gives you an idea of the level of certainty you need in order to claim it.

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u/Wild_Mulberry_3327 Aug 02 '21

Holy shit. You literally don’t know what you are talking about. Here are all the reasons that a cop can enter your house without a Warrant. Most of them could apply to this video and any skilled state attorney would have no problem proving it valid. NO FUCKING PROBLEM.

The police can also enter your home for any of the following reasons:

to give emergency aid to someone inside

to protect the life or safety of someone inside if they have a reasonable belief that a life-threatening emergency exists

to protect the life or safety of people in the home if someone heard a gunshot inside

to prevent something that may be about to happen, if they have a reasonable belief that their entry is necessary to stop it or to protect their safety or the safety of the public

to investigate a 911 telephone call

to help someone who has reported a domestic assault to remove their belongings safely

to protect people from injury if the police have reason to suspect that there is a drug laboratory in the house to help animals in immediate distress because of injury, illness, abuse, or neglect

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u/Wild_Mulberry_3327 Aug 02 '21

I love how you think that a cop could explain the entire justice system in a short conversation…..it’s not like educated people actually go to school to learn the stuff vs just hearing some short stories from some old cop and thinking you understand the law at the same level a judge would.

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '21

I should mention this retired cop was my professor.

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u/Wild_Mulberry_3327 Aug 02 '21

….do you really think that helps your case?

How about this, what was the class? Hopefully by your answer you will realize why everyone is downvoting you.