I'm getting conflicting reports on whether there was trespassing or not, and I think that does affect the implications of the case, but I don't think it changes the overall absurdity of the case, given the other facts not disputed.
I did note that the "victim" was a cop's wife, but I am unsure how that plays into it here, other than the likelihood that any relative of a law enforcement agency is more likely to get said law enforcement to actually look into "small" crimes and/or put more effort into the enforcement of the law.
That doesn't *necessarily* mean that the cops are out of line in any given case (although, clearly, I think they were in this case), but I do think it means that a crime reported by a relative is more likely to get more attention than a crime reported by a random person unless the crime is particularly heinous or sensationalized.
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Date: 10/27/09 03:06 am (UTC)From:I did note that the "victim" was a cop's wife, but I am unsure how that plays into it here, other than the likelihood that any relative of a law enforcement agency is more likely to get said law enforcement to actually look into "small" crimes and/or put more effort into the enforcement of the law.
That doesn't *necessarily* mean that the cops are out of line in any given case (although, clearly, I think they were in this case), but I do think it means that a crime reported by a relative is more likely to get more attention than a crime reported by a random person unless the crime is particularly heinous or sensationalized.