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finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago10M was a stretch for sure, but a family in Jolliet recently got 2.9M USD for the police raiding the wrong house and quite a while back Dr. Lawrence Crosby got 1.25M USD for the police arresting him for the theft of his own car based on an anonymous tip, which is about as much “probable cause” as this case.
someguy3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
But the police raided the right house. They had all the evidence they needed for a warrant.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“All of the evidence they needed” was a big pile of absolutely nothing and nobody.
someguy3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
All the evidence you would need for a search warrant is someone openly saying they are manufacturing and actively seeking buyers. The suspect uploaded a picture of himself!
I have no idea what you think the bar for a search warrant is, but it is easily met. It’s a search warrant. Not an arrest warrant, not a criminal conviction. It’s just a search warrant. You seem to think a search warrant is some elaborate thing that takes a smoking gun to get, and it’s not.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Someone who exists maybe. If you get a warrant for a mysterious figure after providing a random IP Address, pictures of a school, and a stock photo, then you use that warrant to RAID the home of two unrelated older adults, guess what? Your ass is getting sued into the fucking ground, mate.