Amendment 4

Two Officers Are Accused of Lying About Searches

Amendment 4- "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."

This article is about two officers who are accused of doing illegal searches of cars. They were accused of stopping cars and searching them for no good reason, and if they found drugs or guns, they would arrest them. William Eiseman and Michael Carsey are the officers who are being accused. Eiseman is accused of stopping a van and then obtaining a search warrant for the drivers house where he found drugs and weapons. He stopped more cars illegally as well. Also in another car that Eiseman stopped illegally found cocaine in the truck of the car. He also stopped another car for no reason, and they pointed out that they knew a district attorney, and the police let them go.

The connection between the article and the 4th amendment is that the cops in this article are illegally searching cars. The police are supposed to have a search warrant that states they may search someone's things, house, car. The 4th amendment states that the "right of the people to be secure in thier persons." Meaning the poeple have the right to have privacy. And if anyone violates that, they must have permission to do so. What the police did was against the 4th amendment. They took away that right from the poeple they stopped. The police violated the 4th amendment.

I dont agree with what the police did. They did this illegally and should recieve the consequences for their actions. The took the poeple's rights away, from the 4th amendment. Its obvious they were scared of the car they stopped that pointed out they knew a district attorney. They knew they could get in trouble for this, so they let them go. The police might have caught some people, but that doesnt mean they came upon it the right way. They shouldvt have violated thier privacy, or searched thier cars without thier permission or without a search warrant. They should go to prison.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/16/nyregion/16cops.html?ref=search_and_seizure