Failure of the checks and balances system. The judicial branch is supposed to guard against excesses of the executive (cops) branch.
It seems that too often they are actually cooperative conspirators, where compliant judges swallow the allegations of the police whole, without gagging a la Deep Warrant.
I also think the "executors" of the judicial orders get too wrapped up in their "qualified immunity" in terms of damaging personal property to execute warrants. They bust in your door and wreck the joint, that's too bad on you.
I have a lot of cops and firemen in my family, and as a kid, I was always taught that cops were your friend.
But that noble concept is being eroded more and more by enforcement excesses I keep hearing about. And most of them seem to be a result of the "War on Drugs, " which has turned into a "War on Rights."
I am of course aware that the judges have to rely on the sworn statements of the police officers, but they could at least hold the officers responsible if false warrants are served, however "accidental" they may be.
Terry, 230RN
