More stellar performance from ATF
A judge found the actions of federal agents who refused to show Zanesville residents a warrant when asked are “completely unreasonable and unjustified.”
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At the suppression hearing in July, Marbley made it clear to agents with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and Assistant U.S. Attorney David Bosley, that he was unhappy with the way agents handled the search June 18 at the Thompson home on Kopchak Road.
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Marian Thompson said even though she repeatedly asked for a warrant, none was ever supplied.
Marbley stated in his ruling that “one of the purposes served by the warrant requirement is informing citizens that the executing agents are acting under proper authorization when they invade the sanctity of a citizen’s home.”
November 9th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
So, would the judge have felt the same way if the armed intruders had been lawfully repelled…?