No more 4th Amendment in Indiana

This link goes to a very interesting and distressing video posted on liveleak.com.

A female local government inspector shows up at a man's property, along with a sheriff's deputy. She refuses to give her last name or state a reason why she wants to inspect the man's property, only that "a neighbor has complained". The man declines to allow access to his property without a warrant, which appears to be his right under both the Indiana and U.S. Constitutions.

The deputy, a Deputy Cooper apparently of the LaPorte County Sheriff's Office, has only this to say:

"If you don't have anything to hide, why don't you let her look around?"

THAT'S NOT THE POINT, OFFICER! What an ultimate cop-out statement. The property owner very clearly stated that if the worker produced a proper warrant, he would gladly let her onto the property. Since she can't articulate a probable cause for a search, he would appear to be within his rights. I love her attitude - "I work for the government, that's all the information you need, I'm within my rights to do anything I want."

So what does the dopey sheriff do? Maybe say to the lady, "Hey, this isn't an emergency, let's go back to the station and see what our options are, and see if this man's correct?" Maybe take 10 minutes to research the issue and see exactly what they have grounds to do?

No, he just stands there and lets the lady walk right onto the property and start nosing around. Notice that the sheriff himself doesn't step onto the property. He's not risking his butt.

The guy doing the taping can be a little repetitive and annoying, but I totally see his point. He should have just stated that he doesn't allow any entry or search, and then clam up and let the inspector trespass or not, and then follow up legally. To his credit, he didn't attempt to stop her physically in any way, but merely documented what she did.

It's officious little martinets like this lady who every day trample a little more of our rights underfoot. "I don't have to give my last name", indeed. The last I heard, public servants were REQUIRED to do so if asked. They work for US, not the other way around.