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To: Gersh Avery who wrote (25267)	12/8/2008 6:03:22 AM
From: TideGlider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25737

That is incorrect. Surely in most cases it isn't, however, if the tip is followed by predictive behavior or incidents that were within the tip, it certainly is a viable element for a warrant. Each set of circumstances must be weighed individually. Don't be an ass and claim to know the Cat's law. That is why so many mice are in jail. Of course at the point the predictive behavior or incident occurs you will likely consider that more than an anonymous tip. There are of course instances when a search can be done without a warrant if the tip included exigent circumstances such as risk to human life etc. Note I am only replying to your blanket statement, not any particular search. An anonymous tip is not enough for probable cause to raid a home.

To: Gersh Avery who wrote (25267)	12/8/2008 12:53:38 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 25737

Re: "Will the police file charges on the team who took down the corrupt cops?" What possible charges could they allege??????????? You know... i'm sure that they like to bring some kind of charges ('cause that would help in the public relations battle that they are now waging, and possibly help in getting their own butts out of the wringers...), but I'm not sure if they could levy any charges that would not rebound on them and only make them look even worse (legally, and in the eyes of the public). Re: "It's called an informant plant. The Odessa narcotics unit illegally compelled an informant to plant drugs on Yolanda Madden" In my opinion THAT is the much larger crime, and the main issue that people should not lose track of in all of this. (IMO, it's the deeply flawed FEDERAL LAWS that lie at the heart of much of this kind of illegal local conduct --- because it's the FEDERAL LAWS that provide the INCENTIVE for stuff like this... through the asset seizure rules which dangle very large temptations in front of the local authorities. If the seizure monies all went to the general budgets of the Feds and the States, there would be a lesser incentive for crossing the line.)