This Area Is Certified Fourth Amendment-Free - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine
During the two-hour raid, a dozen people were searched and, even though officers justified the wide search by telling a judge no “innocent persons” congregated in the abandoned lot, only four people were charged with drug crimes. An 80-year-old man was among those detained, then released, during the operation.
Why does this not surprise me?
I am sure the argument is “If your doing nothing wrong then you have nothing to fear.”
Except for the fact that you are disrupting my life for what amounts to a fishing exposition to find something to charge me with.
Let’s be honest the laws in this country are so numerous and so overreaching anyone at anytime can be arrested for something.
"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible to live without breaking laws."— Ayn Rand, “Atlas Shrugged”