Disobedience

Any court of law which rules that I may not forcibly resist an unlawful entry into my own home has abrogated its judicial duties and violated its oath.  As such, no such ruling should be obeyed by the people.

"the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes.


In a 3-2 decision, Justice Steven David writing for the court said if a police officer wants to enter a home for any reason or no reason at all, a homeowner cannot do anything to block the officer’s entry.


“We believe … a right to resist an unlawful police entry into a home is against public policy and is incompatible with modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence,” David said. “We also find that allowing resistance unnecessarily escalates the level of violence and therefore the risk of injuries to all parties involved without preventing the arrest.”

Excuse me?  Indiana residents have no right to resist unlawful entry?  Ones right to resist unlawful entry into his home has been a tenet of the western legal system for a millenia.  The fact that the Indiana Supreme Court now says this is not so doesn't actually change anything.  I would hope that not a single Indiana resident will abide by this ruling. I certainly would plan to ignore any such ruling were the Delaware Supreme Court to adopt a similar view.  At that point it becomes a moral imperative of every freedom loving citizen to disobey such law.

Imagine this scenario.  A cop gets hammered and gets into an argument with you at a bar.  You, being the better man, remove yourself from the situation and drive home.  The cop follows you home, breaks down your door and comes after you.  According to the Indiana Supreme Court you have no legal right to resist such an assault on your home and yourself.  Such reasoning is unconscionable.

I say this as someone who knows plenty of cops and has several in his family.  When a police officer comes to your home, especially in any official capacity, he is NOT your friend.  If he unlawfully breaks into your home he is nothing more than a common home invader with a badge and should be treated as such.

Unlawful entry is unlawful entry.  Period.  What this ruling says is that there's one rule of law for cops to abide by while they're committing a crime and an entirely different set for the rest of us.  Bullshit.  A thug with a badge is still just a thug.  My rights, particularly my rights to defend my home, do no disappear because of what that thug happens to be wearing and they do not disappear because of what moronic judge rules.