The Black Republican

I have a question that perhaps a reader can help answer.

On Friday May 18 I joined a buddy at a local bar to catch up on things. Soon after I arrived we met up with some other friends, one of which was the owner of the English Pub I used to frequent. As we talked we kept noticing people we all knew from Joe's days as Pub owner. All of the fun ended when I said, "and there is that one-armed man that used to work in your kitchen". It turned out that Everett had been arrested while their employee and Joe's girlfriend had put up his bail. Everett had not shown for his court date and Joy lost her $500 bond. The police had not been able to catch up with the guy, and here he was partying in the same bar as Joe and Joy. Joy called the police, and they sent four cars out to arrest the dude.

But, once they arrived, they stayed at the back of the parking lot, and it seemed they would never enter and apprehend Everett. We remained patient, not quite knowing why they were waiting, until Joe's pal Brady insisted that Joe would have to stage a fight with Everett so that they would have reason to enter. I said no way, and begged Joe to give me time to go talk to the police; I offered to tell them exactly where Everett was and give them a description. Not waiting for a reply I headed outside. Once I made it clear to the police why I was approaching them and where they could find their man they headed around the side of the building and into the outdoor smoking area where Everett was sitting. Joe wasn't patient, and he let Brady talk him into starting something, so when they police arrived the staff was pulling him away from Everett, and perhaps only my friend Mike's interference, telling the police, "that's the one you want" while pointing at Everett, kept them from arresting Joe as well.

Anyway, back inside we went back to our business with one new point of discussion; could the police have come inside on their own accord, without my tip or Joe's commotion? Brady insisted that they couldn't come in, "that would be Nazi Germany" he hissed. "Nazi Germany?” I scoffed, "are you crazy?". I tried to explain the common interpretation of Godwin's Law, to no avail, and then I tried to explain the difference between the Nazi's actions and those of police responding to a citizen complaint, also to no result, and we basically had a standing disagreement on that topic (can the police come in) all the rest of the evening.

So, what do you think, could the police have entered and looked for Everett without further cause?

Btw, perhaps there needs to be a corollary to Godwin's Law that covers the non-internet introduction of Nazi/Hitler into a debate. Not so modestly, I propose Jones' Corollary to Godwin's Law; The predictions made in Godwin's Law apply in real life discussions at the same rate as with online discussions.