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Painted · 01-27-2008, 08:15 PM

I was staying over at a friend's house overnight with him in his bedroom and me in the living room. In the morning, around 11 AM, three police officers entered the house with their pistols drawn and pointed at me. They woke me up and ordered me to put my hands on my head. They asked me if I was the only one in the house, I said no. Then two of them searched the house and got my friend and put him in the living room with me. They then searched us and found nothing. And then they put their weapons down.

It turns out a neighbor called the police on us because they thought we were burglaring the place (?). We did show up around 1 AM in my car but it was Saturday night, and the police did not come until 10 hours later. We were forced to wait half an hour before they left, after confirming that my friend owned the house.

My question is, is it legal for a police officer to point his weapon at you if you are laying on a couch sleeping? I know they thought they were dealing with burglars, but they probably scoped the house out before entering it and clearly saw just me and my friend sleeping in separate rooms. They also entered the house without my friends' permission. My car was in the driveway and by 11 AM it was fogged up and cold, obviously we had been there a long time, what kind of burglar would do that? It was basically a normal sleepover. I also have to say that waking up to three guns pointed at me and three very strict persons holding them was one of the scariest moments of my life. /rant

01-27-2008, 08:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
Painted Pleasure Burn	Requirements for a P.O. to take out his weapon I was staying over at a friend's house overnight with him in his bedroom and me in the living room. In the morning, around 11 AM, three police officers entered the house with their pistols drawn and pointed at me. They woke me up and ordered me to put my hands on my head. They asked me if I was the only one in the house, I said no. Then two of them searched the house and got my friend and put him in the living room with me. They then searched us and found nothing. And then they put their weapons down. It turns out a neighbor called the police on us because they thought we were burglaring the place (?). We did show up around 1 AM in my car but it was Saturday night, and the police did not come until 10 hours later. We were forced to wait half an hour before they left, after confirming that my friend owned the house. My question is, is it legal for a police officer to point his weapon at you if you are laying on a couch sleeping? I know they thought they were dealing with burglars, but they probably scoped the house out before entering it and clearly saw just me and my friend sleeping in separate rooms. They also entered the house without my friends' permission. My car was in the driveway and by 11 AM it was fogged up and cold, obviously we had been there a long time, what kind of burglar would do that? It was basically a normal sleepover. I also have to say that waking up to three guns pointed at me and three very strict persons holding them was one of the scariest moments of my life. /rant __________________ I came across a nice rack at the department store