3am Reminder or 4th Amendment Violation?

3am Reminder or 4th Amendment Violation?

Terrence Brown
MN We Are C.H.A.N.G.E
June 21, 2008

Troy Molde was woken up by Lakeville police in Minnesota at 3 am. on Thursday. Lakeville police stopped in front of his residence when they noticed the garage door was open. The officers rang the doorbell and knocked on the front door but when this didn't work they felt that this was just cause to enter his garage and investigate further. According to the Pioneer Press, the officers told Molde his garage door was open, the TV was on, keys to his truck were left in the ignition and the door to his house was ajar. Police said the intrusion was justified because the officers' initial door knocks went unanswered. Police went inside to check if anything was wrong, Sgt. Jim Puncochar said.

The day after the incident Troy spoke about his ordeal on the Chris Baker radio show. He talks about what he did prior to the incident "...my car was in my garage with my keys in the ignition but I've always done that so I don't lose my key. Normally I shut my garage but I just happened to forget to shut it that night." He also disputes the some of the claims made by police and media "...the article says that the door was ajar, it wasn't, it has a spring on it so it wouldn't stay ajar and so the door was closed." He goes on to say "...they actually came out again last night for damage control and the Sargent said that the story was they looked in the window and saw a child sleeping on the floor which wasn't the case. It was never mentioned when they were there and it was a hardwood floor ...when the sergeant came out last time he apologized, well not really apologized but he said heres our story it kind of pissed me off when the story changed."

Troy feels that his constitutional rights were violated and under the fourth amendment which guards against unreasonable searches and seizures he may be right. The police retort that they were there to prevent a crime. The mainstream media has been covering this story since it broke but at the same time they've spinning it with the "what if" scenarios verses the basic questions they should be asking. Is it constitutional for a officer to walk into my home without probable cause? Do I have rights and were they violated? Police officers swore an oath to uphold the constitution and at what point does prevention become violation.

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[schlubber215]

What you do is obtain firearms training far better than that which the cops receive and sleep with a gun under your pillow. When the violent gangmembers behind badges come into your bedroom, kill them.

[AudiRS4Life]

@cast4837 between 1:43 - 1:48 you can hear his daughter calling for "daddy...daddy", while she is standing in the doorway, holding the door open...After all, it is spring loaded

[buttonsg1]

@galathonredd no it didnt take me a month. unlike some people i have a life that involves not spending all my time watching youtube videos and responding to idiots

[galathonredd]

@buttonsg1 And I'll assume that when people violate your rights, you'd rather roll over and take it like a bitch than do something about it.

Really, it took you a whole month to think up that comeback? Ridiculous.

[buttonsg1]

@galathonredd Fine, I'll just assume that you never lock your doors, never lock your car, leave your wallet in full view, write down your ATM PIN number and leave it with your card and take no security precautions at all because you assume everyone will obey the law because to do otherwise would be to let crooks and terrorists win. Good luck with that.

[buttonsg1]

@AudiRS4Life I think i know what that is supposed to mean, but i dont agree with it. honesty keeps an honest man honest, a lock on a door keeps the opportunistic criminal from carrying out an opportunistic crime and therefore reduces the chances of a crime being committed

[AudiRS4Life]

@buttonsg1 A lock on a door keeps honest men honest. Vars.: (a) A lock on the door keeps men honest. (b) The lock is not used to keep thieves out but to keep honest men honest.

CRIMINALS don't honor LAWS or LOCKS...

A CRIMINAL enters without permission