hat the ruling wrongly introduced the element of guilt by association (Carelli 1).Another way police violate peoples rights is by bringing television camera crew or journalists into homes during arrests or searches. The issue came about in two separate cases of Hanlon v. Berger and Wilson v. Layne. The U.S. Supreme court ruled that it is a violation of the Fourth Amendment right to residential privacy for police to bring members of the media or other third parties into a home during the execution of a warrant when the presence of the third parties in the home was not in aid of the execution of the warrant (Legal Affairs1). The court also added that police who carry out such media ride-alongs could be sued for violating the Fourth Amendment. Joshua Dratel of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers added, The government is not Police Officers Often Misuse and Overuse their Powers when it comes to Conducting Searches on Persons or Propertyallowed to make a display of you. The rulings now require members of the media that are accompanying police to stay outside when officers enter private homes (Asseo 2). In a case that questions how far police can go to search people. The Florida Supreme Court has heard arguments on whether officers can track down and frisk someone for a gun based on an anonymous telephone tip. Miami police said they were justified in searching a 15-year-old boy based on a tip that he had a gun. The call informed of the boys whereabouts and description. Officers located him and searched him and found an illegal handgun. The boys lawyer for the case Harvey Sepler, said that this type of search would harm the relationship between police and citizens in a free society. He argued that under the Fourth Amendment police must obtain a warrant based on probable cause that a crime has been committed (Willing 1). The state court said telephone tips, without verification by the police themselves, are not en...
