[ikeboy]

I view this detail that you're harping on as just such a technicality.

If you want to make a point about the media exaggerating such technicalities to warp public perception, I may well agree.

But you're trying to show that there's a perception that "law enforcement and this judge are blatantly ignoring their half of the social contract when they skip the warrant requirement." This is not a very good example to show that. It may be misinterpreted by people who already want to find evidence of double standards, but it can't be the source of such a perception in the first place. You can't use it as an example of such.