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Insane Indiana Supreme Court Rules: You Have No right To Resist Unlawful Police Entry Into Your Home
INDIANAPOLIS - Overturning a common law dating back to the English Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes. In a 3-2 decision, Justice Steven David writing for the court said if a police officer wants to enter a home for any reason or no reason at all, a homeowner cannot do anything to block the officer's entry. "We believe ... a right to resist an unlawful police entry into a home is against public policy and is incompatible with modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence," David said. "We also find that allowing resistance unnecessarily escalates the level of violence and therefore the risk of injuries to all parties involved without preventing the arrest." Justice Robert Rucker, a Gary native, and Justice Brent Dickson, a Hobart native, dissented from the ruling, saying the court's decision runs afoul of the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. "In my view the majority sweeps with far too broad a brush by essentially telling Indiana citizens that government agents may now enter their homes illegally -- that is, without the necessity of a warrant, consent or exigent circumstances," Rucker said.
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TUCSON - Former Marine killed by SWAT Was Acting In Defense Of Family
He was gunned down by SWAT members while his wife and young child hid in a closet. The Pima County Sheriff's Department has taken responsibility for the fatal shooting. A smashed window and a barrage of bullet holes might be the type of scene a battle-hardened Marine would find in a war zone but not the Tucson home he shared with his two children and wife. Guerena's wife, Vanessa, said her husband died thinking he was protecting his family from a home invasion.  The SWAT TEAM gunned him down with 71 rounds fired in seven seconds; officials said they "did not expect anyone  to be home." Lt. O'Connor of the Pima County Sheriff's Office said "We go to the door, we pound on the door. We wait 15 seconds. If no one answers the door, we smash the door in with a heavy tool and open the door."
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Connecticut - A Man Dies After Cops Taser Him 34 Times   (At The Hospital)The Connecticut State Police ruled in March that the five Middletown police officers were not responsible for Carrion's death, despite using their Tasers on him 34 times. Carrion's wife called 911 because her husband, who suffered from depression, was having an anxiety attack. State lawmakers had been considering legislation to require standardized police training in the use of stun guns and restrictions on when and how they should be used. Opposed by the Connecticut Chiefs of Police Association (pdf), the bill has been watered down to a study of police use of Tasers by a state law enforcement training panel. The study legislation is awaiting General Assembly action.“We were disappointed,” David McGuire, a lawyer with the Connecticut chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, says of the much weakened legislation. “But this is a step in the right direction, and we believe a study will show the need for comprehensive Taser regulation, including training and public accountability.”
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Police Brutality Cases On Rise Since 9/11
 WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors are targeting a rising number of law enforcement officers for alleged brutality, Justice Department statistics show. The heightened prosecutions come as the nation's largest police union fears that agencies are dropping standards to fill thousands of vacancies and "scrimping" on training. Federal records show the vast majority of police brutality cases referred by investigators are not prosecuted. In its post-Sept. 11 reorganization, the FBI listed police misconduct as one of its highest civil rights priorities.
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