Taralynnstacey

Wow! It feels so good to know that I am not the only one with these thoughts running thru my mind! Lol There have been many times when I would be so tired or would just not feel like cleaning, but I would take a few minutes to straighten or tidy up before bed just in case of an emergency lol. Also reading these reminded me of an incident that took place about 15 years ago (when I was young and care free lol). I was newly married and had just moved into a home that my husband and I had bought. Only living in the home for a very short period of time, the previous owner, we later learned, had been into some trouble with the law. One night we hear a loud knock at the door. To our surprise it was our local Sheriffs Dept. They were looking for a gentlemen who failed to report to the jail to serve weekends. He had our address listed as his own. It turns out, he had lived there with the previous owner but we had never heard of him. So before figuring this out, we had given the officers permission to search our home. Looking back, maybe not the best idea! But we had nothing to hide so they began to search thru each room. The whole time, I'm looking around thinking, "man I wished I had made this bed...dusted this table" etc.. And while I was obsessing over my untidy home, the officers were evidently browsing thru my top dresser drawer!! At the time, I had no idea that anyone had even looked into my drawers. I mean, why would they?? A man can't hide in a tiny dresser drawer?! It wasn't until after the officers had left that my husband called out to me from our bedroom. There he stood with an "oh s**t" look on his face, holding a few of our VERY PRIVATE Polaroid pictures! But they weren't all there!! So I am understandably upset and feeling extremely violated.. Then a few days later (while making inquiries into where our photos had gone) we were told that a few of the detectives were describing in great detail the photos they had recovered. I was mortified!! I felt so violated. These people, who swore to protect me, we're behaving like the people they were sworn to protect me from! I immediately contacted a lawyer and within a matter of hours the photos were returned. To this day I am bothered by this and the fact that I did nothing more to punish the people who violated my privacy. Maybe there was nothing more I could have done, I don't know? I was only 20 years old and very naive to the ways of the world. So... Now instead of worrying about a messy home, I make sure all my private and important things are locked safely away! Sorry.. I guess I have gone off topic a little with this story but I hadn't thought about it in years until reading some of the other posts on here. So for anyone reading this, I am curious to hear what you think. Were my civil rights violated, according to the law? Did any of this warrant a police misconduct suit? Again, I am just curious and it's something that I guess I will always wonder about. Have a great day & God bless!