{"id":8785,"date":"2013-05-24T12:08:16","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T12:08:16","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T12:08:16","slug":"en-US","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=8785","title":{"rendered":"HuffPo: ‘Flash-Bang’ Searches"},"content":{"rendered":"

HuffPo: ‘Flash-Bang’ Searches<\/a> by Bennett L. Gershman:<\/p>\n

It’s one thing for the U.S. military to raid a compound in Kabul using incendiary grenades to secure and enter the premises. It’s quite another thing for U.S. police officers to execute a search warrant by throwing “flash-bang” grenades into a home, raining the place with rubber bullets, and kicking down every door in the house. Is that conduct necessary? Is it reasonable? Does the Fourth Amendment allow it?<\/p>\n

That’s exactly what happened when police in Portland, Ore., executed a search warrant for a private home where the defendant resided and who was alleged to have physically attacked his girlfriend, and was reported to possess weapons and drugs. The police were informed that several other persons lived in the house, including an infant, and a prison associate of defendant’s. The police decided, although the reasons are not clear, that it would be more risky to arrest the defendant outside the house than inside, so they obtained a search warrant and executed it at 5:30 a.m. <\/p>\n

Forty-four police officers participated in the raid. Police pounded on the front door yelling “police, search warrant,” and a second later broke down the door with a battering ram. …<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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