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Originally Posted by ASU2003
If it were CSI... since the guy in the driveway knows how to use guns, he stole the neighbors gun, drugged him, put him in the car, shot him, planted the gun, wrote a fake suicide note, and went to work on his car so he would have an alibi.
The cops were taking precautions because they didn't know if the guy in the driveway would start shooting if they accused him of murder.
I'm just guessing here, but maybe the police worry about you selectively editing the video tape, or adding in something that didn't happen. But the securing the area thing doesn't sound right. |
Anything is possible. Hence the reason for the word "probable" in probable cause. Is it more likely true than not that the neighbor did what you suggest as a possibility? If the answer is "no", which clearly seems to be the case on the facts presented in the OP, then that suspicion by law enforcement, assuming it was their explanation for the action taken against the neighbor, wouldn't withstand 4th Amendment scrutiny.