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June 12, 2012

Indiana passes law that will allow citizens to shoot police officers who illegally enter their homes

Police officers in Indiana are upset over a new law allowing residents to use deadly force against public servants, including law enforcement officers, who unlawfully enter their homes. It was signed by Republican Governor Mitch Daniels in March.

The first of its kind in the United States, the law was adopted after the state Supreme Court went too far in one of its rulings last year, according to supporters. The case in question involved a man who assaulted an officer during a domestic violence call. The court ruled that there was “no right to reasonably resist unlawful entry by police officers.”

The National Rifle Association lobbied for the new law, arguing that the court decision had legalized police to commit unjustified entries.

Tim Downs, president of the Indiana State Fraternal Order of Police, which opposed the legislation, said the law could open the way for people who are under the influence or emotionally distressed to attack officers in their homes.

“It’s just a recipe for disaster,” Downs told Bloomberg. “It just puts a bounty on our heads.”

24 comments:

  1. I think it is funny to this day, that the cops get a search warrant and somewhere in the past, they and the corrupt courts have concluded that the warrant makes it legal for the cops to bust into your house. It does not. They still have to have your consent for entry. I beleive learning what is really said in the constitution, reveils that fact,,,,

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  2. A police entering their home uninvited should be shot like anyone else entering uninvited.

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  3. I thought it was already legal to shoot someone breaking in

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  4. Now they will stop raiding your donut dish

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  5. "Public servants?" WTF? THEY ARE ARMED THUGS!!!

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  6. Cops always object to being treated the same as they treat citizens. Tells one all one needs to know about cops.

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  7. Surprise a mother bear with her cubs in the middle of the night and see what happens. Nature has created a pretty good defensive system, hasn't it?

    Nature has had millions of years of experience and the wisdom of God to "get it right" and our supreme court thinks they can do it better.

    The truth is, no matter what laws we fools pass, is that any living thing has a right to self defense.

    Thank you Indiana for recognizing the laws of nature.

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  8. Tim Downs of the IN FOP says: "It’s just a recipe for disaster,it just puts a bounty on our heads”
    Well well, now the police understand how we the people felt after being informed by the IN supreme court that the police can enter at any time, whether legal or not & we're not allowed to resist.
    Sorry, but falling down in the fetal position in total submission is NOT something the people should be expected to do while in their homes at the sound of their front door being busted in at 3am.
    Over 100 million people were killed by their own governments in the lat 90 years & the obscene ruling by the IN supreme court earlier is how it starts.
    Never again!

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  9. Hey, that is refreshing. Since the head of the cop union is concerned about serious injury to his dues paying members, we should reassure him by aiming at their jackboots only.

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  10. Well Tim, now you know how we feel.

    Most police "work" for officers in the field, except for those in the inner city which might as well be another planet, requires nothing more than a pencil and paper to write down the facts, data, etc. of a crime that has already happened and then the duplicates, etc. which follows.

    Yawn..

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  11. Thats right, Mr. Downs! Now, it is give citizens to protect themselves and this is a *DISASTER* for the jackboots in blue because now, if they are wrong they can get they're butts shot. God forbid that police should be accountable, right, Mr. Downs?

    Now, we Hoosiers have the ability to repel home invasions by jackbooted thugs dressed in blue.

    WARNING: This house protected by Smith & Wesson - Just because you want to come in doesn't mean you can.

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  12. sauce for the goose
    the odds will be even
    and may the streets run red in pig blood

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  13. It's about time !

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  14. Finally a law that makes sense. If the police don't follow the law, and get a warrant, you can defend yourself against the criminal behaviour. Makes perfect sense to me. Try entering a police officers home and see what happens. This levels the playing field and will restrict SOME of the criminal actions of the police.

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  15. The Protocol by the learned elders of zion. It is about time. Put a noose around the people neck and they will rebel. Onelove!!

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  16. Note to Tim Downs: you will only have a bounty on your head if you unlawfully enter someone's home. People who get killed by police in their own homes due to unlawfully entry, die from being tasered for speeding or parking in handicapped spaces already have a bounty on their heads.

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  17. No one, including police officers should be in anyone's home without permission from the home owner. The only exception would be when police officers enter a home after obtaining a valid search warrant signed by a sitting judge with the legal authority to issue such warrant.

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  18. we need this in canada!

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  19. It simply says that police are not above the law. Of course these thug cops don't like that.

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  20. Trespassing is trespassing. Enter and you will receive several AK47 rounds. Jackets don't stop those. And if you're illegally entering, then you can also get charged with armed B&E, armed assault while wearing a jacket, etc.....So, you're not only dead, but we can slap on other charges so your family is completely fucked out of benefits.

    Maybe you should do your homework and get the right fucking house in the future....

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  21. “It’s just a recipe for disaster,” Downs told Bloomberg. “It just puts a bounty on our heads.” ... AIN'T IT FUNNY HOW REALITY SLAPS YOU IN THE A$$, WHEN YOU'RE ON THE RECEIVING END OF THAT HAND-HELD-CANNON!?!?!?

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  22. Wow!!!
    The previous 22 comments are very scary!
    You idiots are insane!!

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  23. See Tim, the people are speaking.

    What next? Your drama Queen act of how dangerous your job is?

    Last time I checked it wasn't even in the top ten.
    Maybe it snuck up to nine by now.

    A construction worker's job is a lot more dangerous. Well, unless there are cops around...

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