THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY: Your Rights if the Police Knock

Dorothy Philbin | CNBNews

I recently read an article from the Philadelphia Inquirer; it was called “These Are Your Rights if the Police Knock at Your Door.”  Unfortunately, it offered a lot of advice from the ACLU (Americans Civil Liberties Union.)  That organization tends to be very anti-police and in favor of the individual’s right to speech.  I’m very much in favor of the First Amendment – tempered with common sense.

Please allow me to start with a personal narrative.  Early one morning there was a bang at my front door.  It wasn’t a tap.  It wasn’t a knock.  It was a bang.  I looked out the living room window and saw a man wearing camo with his hands around his eyes looking into the house.  This was strange but I still had to answer the door.

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THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY: Your Rights if the Police Knock

Dorothy Philbin | CNBNews

I recently read an article from the Philadelphia Inquirer; it was called “These Are Your Rights if the Police Knock at Your Door.”  Unfortunately, it offered a lot of advice from the ACLU (Americans Civil Liberties Union.)  That organization tends to be very anti-police and in favor of the individual’s right to speech.  I’m very much in favor of the First Amendment – tempered with common sense.

Please allow me to start with a personal narrative.  Early one morning there was a bang at my front door.  It wasn’t a tap.  It wasn’t a knock.  It was a bang.  I looked out the living room window and saw a man wearing camo with his hands around his eyes looking into the house.  This was strange but I still had to answer the door.

Continue reading “THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY: Your Rights if the Police Knock”