The U.S. Supreme Court's 6-to-3 decision to uphold the constitutionality of a 2006 Los Angeles Police Dept. search of the residence of a man named Walter Fernandez has sparked some fires in our nation's newsrooms. A robbery suspect and suspected gang-banger at the time police confronted him at his apartment, officers requested permission from Fernandez to search his residence. The man refused, but officers noted that his live-in girlfriend appeared beaten and abused. Fernandez was subsequently arrested and charged with domestic abuse in connection with the woman's injuries.
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