Dante Learns The 4th Amendment

On my seemingly never-ending quest to figure out what the hell the US Amendments are I have now reached the 4th which is one that people also scream about the most. This is one is super complicated and I’ll only pick through the parts that apply to me because fuck doing thorough research.

“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

Once again, some of this is a holdover from when the English were ruling our asses. It pretty much meant that no one with a crown could run up in your house and be like “I have found some shit that could get you locked up so now I shall take thee to the booty house!” The honked up part is that this Amendment is only applicable to the government, not some nosy asshole that decided to snoop and find your stash of horse porn and weed. It varies in each state so you should probably know how yours operates.

This is known as the L.A Good Afternoon.

The lawman can not search your house without a warrant and if they do come in without one whatever they find cant be used against you. This one is shaky. The law cant hold you even for a little bit without a reasonable and objective cause. Like being a Blacker. Hey, I was held at gunpoint by three cops because they thought I robbed a bank in high school. I guess that was their reasonable cause. You also don’t have to answer any question they have but I suggest you do. Seriously, The Booty Warrior is always in the back of my head when I see a cop.

And Storm Troopers are a close second.

There’s this one part that says that if you are held by the law and think you cant leave and the cops don’t state that you must do what they say and not, like, try and run, but they really need to hold your dumb ass most courts will consider what is happening a “citizen encounter” which is not covered by the 4th Amendment. As long as you have the ability to talk shit to the cops or not answer questions then they haven’t done anything wrong. Understand? Yeah. Me neither. Just stay out of trouble. Don’t hide bad shit in your house. And don’t sass the law.

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