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Originally Posted by Rochard
How does the homeowner know in the heat of the moment if a police raid is "lawful" or not?
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Well, you can assume if you have done nothing wrong or illegal that the raid is not lawful.
You have said several times that you have nothing to hide. You don't break any laws and are a typical, law abiding citizen. So the police have no reason to smash your door in and raid your house.
Imagine you are sitting in one room of your house working away. Suddenly you hear your front door get bashed in and your wife is screaming hysterically about being attacked. You rush out (I don't know if you have any guns handy or not) and see a couple of guys dressed in black with assault rifles run across your living room. They might be wearing police jackets, but wouldn't you, at least for a minute, question if this was legit?
If it were me I would. You have done nothing wrong so they have no reason to be there which means their presence in the first place is questionable.
If you are selling drugs out of your house or doing some other illegal activity and you get raiding, you can't be too surprised. Kind of like if you are driving 100 mph down the freeway, you can't be shocked if you get pulled over for speeding.