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Fred Schwartz: Illegal entry personified

Regarding the May 1 news article “A deputy’s choice leads to a ‘ridiculous’ death”: Isn’t there a rule somewhere, usually learned in a seventh-grade civics class, about the government going into a person’s home? I swear, I remember reading something about that.

If the deputy considers getting a door shut on his foot as assault and battery, shouldn’t he have learned a few other legal issues?

Fred Schwartz

Raleigh

This story was originally published May 7, 2016 at 6:00 PM with the headline "Fred Schwartz: Illegal entry personified."

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