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2026-10-22 22:48
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We need to see a search warrant. We don't consent to any unlawful search and seizure. I was called about your fire. Can you come down here, please? No. No. We don't consent to any searches and seizures. You're trespassing. Okay. Mr. Mr. McFarland, you're trespassing. >> This is Mr. McFarland, a citizen who knows his rights inside out. When Wayne police and firefighters arrived to inspect a backyard fire, he immediately invoked the Fourth Amendment. McFarland claimed the area was part of the curtilage, the land immediately surrounding a house, and demanded a search warrant signed by a magistrate. Did you know your backyard has a legal shield called curtilage? Mr. McFarland knows it well. He stopped the police right at his property line shouting, "No warrant, no entry." But, here's the twist. Wayne city officials relied on an ordinance allowing safety inspections without a warrant.
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