I certainly hope there is more to the story than what has been reported, I expect there is since this is simply the allegations at this point.

Is asking to see the warrant really interfering??

 

Also, if the Dad didn't exit the home, there's gotta be an issue with them entering the home and arresting him, right?

No just asking isn't, but if she touches them or her son while he is being arrested, then she gets cuffed too. I'm betting she wasn't all calm and demure saying, "Can I see the warrant please, officer sir?" That wouldn't have gotten her arrested. Is the dad still in the house when he is yelling for the neighbor to record everything? Seems like he was outside also.

 

This happens every day in almost every jurisdiction, the police go to arrest someone with a warrant and family members want to "Try the case" right there in the front yard. Yelling screaming, pulling on the arms of the police or the arrested person trying to pull them away.

 

If someone has an arrest warrant your issue isn't with the police officer executing the warrant, it should either be with your loved one for what ever they did to get themselves into this position or with the judge that issued it. In most cases the officers making the arrest are not the ones that applied for the warrant.

 

If these people really didn't interfere, I'm sure this will work out for them...especially if the neighbor was recording their innocent actions as they requested.

 

Hopefully the Deputies have cameras or at least body mikes that will shed some light on what actually happened.

So if he would have asked to see it they should have showed him?

After he was in custody.

Based on the information you posted, it doesn't sound like they did anything to warrant arrest.

 

Also, aren't they required to show the warrant if asked?

 

To the person whos name is on the warrant yes. Mother wasnt on the warrant.

No just asking isn't, but if she touches them or her son while he is being arrested, then she gets cuffed too. I'm betting she wasn't all calm and demure saying, "Can I see the warrant please, officer sir?" That wouldn't have gotten her arrested. Is the dad still in the house when he is yelling for the neighbor to record everything? Seems like he was outside also.

 

This happens every day in almost every jurisdiction, the police go to arrest someone with a warrant and family members want to "Try the case" right there in the front yard. Yelling screaming, pulling on the arms of the police or the arrested person trying to pull them away.

 

If someone has an arrest warrant your issue isn't with the police officer executing the warrant, it should either be with your loved one for what ever they did to get themselves into this position or with the judge that issued it. In most cases the officers making the arrest are not the ones that applied for the warrant.

 

If these people really didn't interfere, I'm sure this will work out for them...especially if the neighbor was recording their innocent actions as they requested.

 

Hopefully the Deputies have cameras or at least body mikes that will shed some light on what actually happened.

 

The suit says he was still inside the home when they arrested him. If that were the case, I'd say that's going to cause problems for the officers, wouldn't it?

I'm simply asking questions to determine what issues the officers could be facing IF the events happened as described in post #1.

 

Are officers allowed to lie about why they're arresting someone? YES as long as the arrested person is told why they are arrested after being taken into custody

 

Is asking to see a warrant really considered interfering with an arrest? NO, but the officer also doesn't have to show it and continuing to insist upon seeing the warrant for someone else arrest could be considered interfering.

 

Are officers allowed to enter a home and arrest the person who lives there if they don't have a warrant for that person's arrest? They didn't enter the home and in this case, they had a warrant for his arrest

 

How I see it

Is asking to see the warrant really interfering??

 

Also, if the Dad didn't exit the home, there's gotta be an issue with them entering the home and arresting him, right?

 

I would think it would be obstructing official business at a minimum. You would be involving yourself in something that does pertain to you.

How I see it

 

My last question was about the Dad getting arrested. Where did they have a warrant for his arrest? In the suit it says the Dad was in the home still when he was physically removed from the house and arrested.

Are officers allowed to lie about why someone is being arrested?

 

I dont see where they was a lie here (at least based on whats reported.)

I would think it would be obstructing official business at a minimum. You would be involving yourself in something that does pertain to you.

 

If an officer shows up to my house, anything they do there most certainly does involve me.

The suit says he was still inside the home when they arrested him. If that were the case, I'd say that's going to cause problems for the officers, wouldn't it?

Depends on why he was arrested...if you are standing 1 foot inside your house and the police see you breaking the law they can arrest you. It all depends on what he was arrested for. If he came outside and then ran back inside then he opened himself up to being arrested inside without a warrant also.

So if he would have asked to see it they should have showed him?

 

What JD said, after he was in custody.

I dont see where they was a lie here (at least based on whats reported.)

 

They said the warrant was for assault and fleeing. It was for unpaid court costs.

 

Also, aren't they required to show the warrant if asked?

 

No.

If an officer shows up to my house, anything they do there most certainly does involve me.

If Plantmanky spent the night at your house and the police showed up to arrest him the next day, receiving a tip that he was at your house...it is of very little concern to you as far as the police are concerned. Once Plantmanky exited your house and went outside it would be of even less concern to you as far as the police are concerned...the fact that you are his parent, friend or business partner wouldn't matter since he is an adult. If the police don't enter your house, as far as they are concerned you don't matter and you should keep to yourself and let them do their job of arresting Plantmanky.