Vinman said:
ok.....
lets say I have an "informant", who gives me some info about a certain house being used as a major supplier of crack for the entire area.
Lets also state that we've used this informant before, and he's been spot on every time
so, we have some of our guys do some surveillance, and verify the fact that there is major traffic going in and out of there...
We get a search warrant, and go in at dawn, breaking down the door, and storming in !!
Then, to our surprise, it turns out that the person living there is a pastor (or something like that) for the Jehova's witnesses, and the traffic going in and out was their followers getting more pamphlets they use to go door to door (and annoy the shit outta ppl !!)
Now, do you blame ME, for acting on information given to me, that was also verified by surveillance...do you blame surveillance, for what they saw, or do you blame the informant, for lying his ass off ???
Believe me, the above situation has happened in the past
lets say I have an "informant", who gives me some info about a certain house being used as a major supplier of crack for the entire area.
Lets also state that we've used this informant before, and he's been spot on every time
so, we have some of our guys do some surveillance, and verify the fact that there is major traffic going in and out of there...
We get a search warrant, and go in at dawn, breaking down the door, and storming in !!
Then, to our surprise, it turns out that the person living there is a pastor (or something like that) for the Jehova's witnesses, and the traffic going in and out was their followers getting more pamphlets they use to go door to door (and annoy the shit outta ppl !!)
Now, do you blame ME, for acting on information given to me, that was also verified by surveillance...do you blame surveillance, for what they saw, or do you blame the informant, for lying his ass off ???
Believe me, the above situation has happened in the past
Except if you told the informant what you wanted him to say to confirm your theory
