ired to list all their personalproperty for tax assessors, including household furniture,gold and silver plate, musical instruments, watches, jewelry,and personal, private, or professional libraries. If a citizenrefuses to list their property or is suspected of not listingsomething, the law directs the assessor to visit and enter thepremises, getting a search warrant if necessary. Beingrequired to tell the state everything you own is not beingsecure in one's home and effects. NO WARRANTSSHALL ISSUE, BUT UPON PROBABLE CAUSE,SUPPORTED BY OATH OR AFFIRMATION: As asupporting oath or affirmation, reports of anonymousinformants are accepted. This practice has been condonedby the Supreme Court. PARTICULARLY DESCRIBINGTHE PLACE TO BE SEARCHED AND PERSONS ORTHINGS TO BE SEIZED: Today's warrants do notparticularly describe the things to be seized -- they list thingsthat might be present. For example, if police are making adrug raid, they will list weapons as things to be searched forand seized. This is done not because the police know of anyweapons and can particularly describe them, but becausethey allege people with drugs often have weapons. Both ofthe above apply to the warrant the Hudson, NewHampshire, police used when they broke down BruceLavoie's door at 5 a.m. with guns drawn and shot and killedhim. The warrant claimed information from an anonymousinformant, and it said, among other things, that guns were tobe seized. The mention of guns in the warrant was used asreason to enter with guns drawn. Bruce Lavoie had no guns.Bruce Lavoie was not secure from unreasonable search andseizure -- nor is anybody else. Other infringements on thefourth amendment include roadblocks and the Boston Policedetention of people based on colors they are wearing(supposedly indicating gang membership). And in Pittsburghagain, Eugene Tyler was once searched because he waswearing sweat pants and a plaid shirt -- police told him theyheard many drug dealers at that t...
