When American Fork Police raided the Airbnb where Reckless Ben was staying, two documents told two different stories. A judge signed a search warrant to look for stolen LEGO. Hours later, a different officer wrote a probable cause affidavit to justify the arrest. The document the judge actually read is missing the one fact that may have blown the whole warrant apart.
In Part 2 of this series, I walk through the body camera footage of the raid and both documents side by side. The department had already confirmed — by calling the court in Oregon the day before — that Ben was a real plaintiff in a real lawsuit, taking the legally required step of serving papers. That fact never made it into the warrant affidavit the judge signed.
Then I run it through the test that decides almost every one of these cases: qualified immunity. Two prongs, two different questions. Was it a violation? And was that violation clearly established?
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:48 Bodycam Raid Begins
04:25 Small Department
05:41 Qualified Immunity Explained
07:34 Search Warrant Breakdown
10:44 Affidavit Claims and Errors
14:04 Lego Evidence Justification
16:06 Warrant Limits and Timeline
17:29 Probable Cause Affidavit Starts
19:19 March 10 Arrest Recap
20:22 March 11 Sign Incident
21:49 Miranda Rights Waiver
25:57 Probable Cause After The Fact
28:31 Shopping For A Crime
31:41 Omitted Lawsuit Verification
36:34 Qualified Immunity Reality
37:59 Collective Knowledge Argument
39:23 Wrap Up
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