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<blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 2992732" data-attributes="member: 13624">The police did not knock and/or announce their presence at the structure in question, and they did not have any sort of warrant covering the premises.&nbsp; Jesus, I gave you the canonical link to the Court&#039;s opinion--which recites the factual background, as every SCOTUS opinion does--and you didn&#039;t bother to read it before telling us why it&#039;s right.&nbsp; If you had, you&#039;d realize your assumed facts are wrong.Here, let me quote the relevant paragraph.&nbsp; Please at least read this much; I&#039;ll even boldface the extra-important bits:Now, if the deputies had bothered to knock and announce themselves, I&#039;d bet money Mendez would have been awake when they entered and would not have groggily swept them.&nbsp; That is the whole point of the claim: the police created the situation themselves when they illegally entered the shack without a warrant and without knocking.Reading is fundamental.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dave70968, post: 2992732, member: 13624"] The police did [I]not[/I] knock and/or announce their presence at the structure in question, and they did [I]not[/I] have any sort of warrant covering the premises. Jesus, I gave you the canonical link to the Court's opinion--which recites the factual background, as every SCOTUS opinion does--and you didn't bother to read it before telling us why it's right. If you had, you'd realize your assumed facts are wrong. Here, let me quote the relevant paragraph. Please at least read this much; I'll even boldface the extra-important bits: Now, if the deputies had [I]bothered[/I] to knock and announce themselves, I'd bet money Mendez would have been awake when they entered and would not have groggily swept them. [I]That[/I] is the whole point of the claim: the police [I]created the situation themselves[/I] when they [I]illegally[/I] entered the shack [I]without a warrant and without knocking[/I]. Reading is fundamental. [/QUOTE]

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