Considering that these flaws can work in two ways, it's hard to conduct a decent search on someone with the time it takes to get a warrant. Whether they get rid of the drugs or they just didn’t have them in the first place, this can make the police look bad either way. If the person who clearly had drugs …show more content…
Having people live in fear of the police because they might get searched for no reason is not living freely. Then of course there’s the fear that would come along with not needing a warrant. People would be afraid to walk by policemen/policewoman because they might get searched. A policemen could basically walk up to a random citizen and say “I’m going to search you.” and the person would have to get searched without their consent. It’s definitely a good thing that we have the fourth amendment, but there are some modifications that can be made to it to make it more reliable. Being able to search a person because they blatantly have drugs is on modification that should be added. If the policeman finds something, then they did their job. If they don’t they could be punished for falsely accusing the suspect. However, this is only the idea of a thirteen-year-old boy. The fourth amendment does keep people from fearing the police around them now though. Maybe I’m just weird for having negative feelings towards the fourth amendment, but I just have a different way of thinking about