Police Entry Without a Warrant: A Supreme Court Decision
A critical question is being considered by the Supreme Court: can police enter a home without a warrant?
A simple call to emergency services may be enough to send heavily armed officers into someone's home, but this has led to a dangerous trend known as "swatting." Swatting involves pranksters making false emergency reports to get SWAT teams or law enforcement to target a victim's home, resulting in deadly consequences.
- In 2020, a Tennessee man died of a heart attack after being swatted for refusing to sell his Twitter handle.
- In 2017, a Kansas man was fatally shot by police after a false report of a hostage situation.
- Even celebrities are vulnerable: Gordon Ramsay's Los Angeles home was swatted twice this year, with a caller claiming he had shot two men.
Swatting has had devastating effects, highlighting the need for careful consideration of police entry without a warrant.
Author's summary: Supreme Court to decide on police entry without a warrant.