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Old 06-15-2006, 07:16 PM   #5
MaggieL
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I should add that under the law in my state, the law of justification does state

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(a) Use of force justifiable for protection of property.--The use of force upon or toward the person of another is justifiable when the actor believes that such force is immediately necessary:

1. to prevent or terminate an unlawful entry or other trespass upon land or a trespass against or the unlawful carrying away of tangible movable property, if such land or movable property is, or is believed by the actor to be, in his possession or in the possession of another person for whose protection he acts...
But again, this turn on the entry being unlawful. An LEO entering with a warrant isn't unlawful.
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