Today's Doofus is from Vail, Colorado.
The doormat wasn't particularly welcoming to detectives who paid a visit to Charles Guadalupe's Vail home.
Its message: "COME BACK WITH A WARRANT."
"So we did," Lt. Mike William of the Eagle County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.
Guadalupe, 45, was arrested Wednesday for investigation of two counts of distribution of cocaine and two counts of possession of cocaine.
There's more at the link.
Of all the dumbass tricks . . . I imagine any judge, reviewing a request for a search warrant from the police, would regard that doormat as prima facie evidence that such a warrant was justified!
Peter
5 comments:
Gotta disagree with you, Peter. I believe that putting out that doormat is fully covered by the First Amendment, and maybe even the 4th and 5th. Taunting and stupid it may be, but I doubt it could be considered evidence that a warrant is needed. There should be a need for actual probable cause. Not that I'm siding with the criminals, by any means.
But my dad used to have a doormat like that, and while he wasn't the most police-friendly man, he was otherwise a fine, upstanding citizen who never did anything criminal in his life. He just had a different sense of humor than most, which I've inherited to some degree. :)
If a judge uses that as cause for a warrant, then we've just about hit the expiration date on The Constitution.
That is no more a justification for a warrant than exercising your 5th amendment rights are an admission of guilt.
…Crass and stupid (especially if you ARE engaged in illegal activities)? Yes. But reason for a warrant? No. A reason for the judge to smile when he DOES have other justifications for a warrant? Yes.
By that logic, the thousands of Texans who have the "Secede" bumper stickers just gave law enforcement at all levels probable cause to suspect them of treason?
I'm with Dirk on this one. How about using refusal of permission to search a vehicle as probable cause to force a search? Same thing, right?
The hellyou say.
A door mat for sale at Target.com is reason for the government to invade private property?
That entire concept shits all over the Bill of Rights.
I concur with all above. You're wrong on this one, Peter. I would go further and put a similar notice up at eye level on the door, maybe also quoting the entire 4th and 14th Amendments.
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