cop raids my house, accuses me of being an online poker fraud artist

[jman220]

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Not when it is true.

Ok genius, explain how a lock breaks when someone is kicking in the door, let me guess you can't.



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I'm not saying that OP's story is true, or unexaggerated. However, its possible you are all misunderstanding what he is saying. When he said "the lock broke," I was picturing, not the metal snapping, but the wood to which the lock is affixed breaking off. I recently had to break into my garage (long story). There is a side door, it is an old wooden door. After a few kicks, i was able to kick it in, and it wasn't the hinges that went. It was the wood that the door (jam?) was attached to. I'm not sure what its called, but its the metal recepticle into which the lock goes. Basically, this piece ripped out of the side, and the door swung open. It ripped out because the wood partially broke, adn the screws that affixed the metal to the wood also broke. (Edit: Broke is the wrong word, they toor loose from the wood). Maybe it is a situation similar to this that the OP is trying to describe when he says "the lock broke."

Edit: However, now that I've thought about the OP some more, I cannot imagine a situation in which cops would be issued a "no-knock warrant" for a simple domestic violence situation. Nor can I imagine exigent circumstances wherein police would kick down a door on a domestic violence call, unless they arrived and someone was screaming bloody murder inside. So this story is somewhat questionable.