What is the name of your state? Georgia
I live in the dormatory at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia and recenty I feel that my rights have been severely violated, but I am not sure and would like some council...
Last night I left the Dorm to participate in some activities with my fraternity, At around 11 PM I got a call from my roomate saying that someone had set the room number sign outside of my door on fire, which created alot of smoke which in turn set off the fire alarm. The fire and police authorities soon apeared and approached my roomate suspecting him of setting the fire which he denied. Well, part of the procedure of the University Housing is to open the rooms and check to see that everyone is out safely during a fire emergency. This normally would not be a problem, but I had at the time something like fifteen old liquor bottles filled with food dye and water lying around my room, and neither my roomate nor I being 21, this is a violation of the student code and the bottles were confiscated. But for some reason or another the University Police officer at the scene decided that he had the right to open my personal freezer in which I had several bottles of liqour. The police confiscated the alcohol and destroyed them. Now I am facing an alcohol violation, and I am not sure what to do. I feel like I was violated but am not sure if this is the case.
Oh, and by the way, neither my roomate nor I was present when they decided to search my personal freezer nor were we asked for permission.
This only strikes me as strange because my friend down the hall recieved an Minor in Possession for having a wine bottle in his room, with actual alcohol in it, and the officer asked for my friend's permission to look around, my friend said that he could look at his things but not at his roomates, and the officer respected that. Please see that I am not really upset about the charge, just at the invasion of privacy.
Jimbo
I live in the dormatory at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia and recenty I feel that my rights have been severely violated, but I am not sure and would like some council...
Last night I left the Dorm to participate in some activities with my fraternity, At around 11 PM I got a call from my roomate saying that someone had set the room number sign outside of my door on fire, which created alot of smoke which in turn set off the fire alarm. The fire and police authorities soon apeared and approached my roomate suspecting him of setting the fire which he denied. Well, part of the procedure of the University Housing is to open the rooms and check to see that everyone is out safely during a fire emergency. This normally would not be a problem, but I had at the time something like fifteen old liquor bottles filled with food dye and water lying around my room, and neither my roomate nor I being 21, this is a violation of the student code and the bottles were confiscated. But for some reason or another the University Police officer at the scene decided that he had the right to open my personal freezer in which I had several bottles of liqour. The police confiscated the alcohol and destroyed them. Now I am facing an alcohol violation, and I am not sure what to do. I feel like I was violated but am not sure if this is the case.
Oh, and by the way, neither my roomate nor I was present when they decided to search my personal freezer nor were we asked for permission.
This only strikes me as strange because my friend down the hall recieved an Minor in Possession for having a wine bottle in his room, with actual alcohol in it, and the officer asked for my friend's permission to look around, my friend said that he could look at his things but not at his roomates, and the officer respected that. Please see that I am not really upset about the charge, just at the invasion of privacy.
Jimbo