Just say no. Police are only allowed to search your vehicle under very limited circumstances. However, too many consent to incriminating searches because they do not know they can refuse or they feel intimidated. This information about police and vehicle searches can help you if you face one of these encounters. It cannot be ... MORE
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Showing posts with label law enforcement. Show all posts
What Are My Rights If The Police Want To Search My Car?
Just say no. Police are only allowed to search your vehicle under very limited circumstances. However, too many consent to incriminating searches because they do not know they can refuse or they feel intimidated. This information about police and vehicle searches can help you if you face one of these encounters. It cannot be ... MOREDaniel Holtzclaw And The Limits Of “Community Policing”
by Victoria M. Massie. At the sentencing last week of Daniel Holtzclaw — the 29-year-old former Oklahoma City police officer convicted on 18 counts of rape and sexual assault of African-American women in the neighborhood he was assigned to patrol — District Attorney David Prater told the media: “I think people need to realize that this is not a ” ... MOREBoston Police Seek Charges Against Marijuana Advocate
by Milton J. Valencia. Boston police are seeking criminal charges against Bill Downing, one of the state’s most vocal marijuana legalization supporters, a move that his lawyer calls retaliation for his criticism of the state’s regulation of the medical marijuana industry. A magistrate judge is scheduled to consider whether to approve a complaint filed by ... MORENew Way For Cops To Surveil You: Your Threat ‘Score’
by Justin Jouvenal. While officers raced to a recent 911 call about a man threatening his ex-girlfriend, a police operator in headquarters consulted software that scored the suspect’s potential for violence the way a bank might run a credit report. The program scoured billions of data points, including arrest reports, property records, commercial ... MOREShould Used Tea Leaves Be Probable Cause For Drug Raids?
by Justin Monticello. Former CIA employees Robert and Adlynn Harte, along with their 7- and
13-year-old children, were held at gunpoint by sheriff's deputies for
several hours as a search
for drugs was conducted in their home. The probable cause that led to
the raid? A visit to a hydroponics store for a horticultural project and
wet tea ... MOREProtection For Cops Who Kill Unarmed Civilians
"We don't second guess police officers." A grand jury's decision not to indict an officer who killed a
12-year-old holding a toy gun sheds light on a criminal-justice system
that gives fairly broad deference to police officers' version of events. As Business Insider's Natasha Bertrand reported, the prosecutor in the case of the 12-year-old said, ... MORE
Justin Gardner: A Federal Judge Just Shamed The DEA For Fabricating Sham Cases Trying To Justify War On Drugs
Entrapment, law enforcement's favorite tool. Since the War on Drugs began in earnest under Nixon and Reagan, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has ruined millions of lives for nonviolent, victimless behavior. The DEA’s drug crusade is not limited to the homeland either, as it also has sole responsibility for pursing international ... MOREDOJ Suspends Abusive Asset Forfeiture Program – For Now
by Ilya Somin. On Monday, the Justice Department suspended its abusive “equitable sharing” asset forfeiture program, which incentivizes state and local governments to seize the property of criminal suspects – including many who have never even been charged with any crime, much less convicted. The program enables state law enforcement ... MOREPublic Safety's Greatest Threat: The American Police State
by Matthew Harwood. If you’ve been listening to various police agencies and their supporters, then you know what the future holds: anarchy is coming—and it’s all the fault of activists. In May, a Wall Street Journal op-ed warned of a “new nationwide crime wave” thanks to “intense agitation against American police departments” over ... MOREJeff Nesbit: We Have Lost The War On Drugs
Criminalizing drugs just destroys more people. It's time, finally, to face the ugly truth. We've
lost the war on drugs in America. We need a new playbook, now, before
more lives are lost. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last week that fatal drug overdoses in America were the highest in recorded history in 2014.
The news ... MORE
Video Of Long Beach Killing By Police Of Suspect Released; Officer Shot His Partner, Then Both Cops Shot The Suspect
by Brian Doherty. So what was the crime for which Noel Aguilar had been apprehended? Riding a bike wearing headphones. Petty law enforcement claims another life. When Noel Aguilar was shot and killed by two officers in Long Beach, California, in May 2014, the police initially reported that Aguilar had shot Officer Albert Murad before ... MOREJacob Sullum: Want My Blood? Get a Warrant.
Balking at warrantless alcohol testing. Danny Birchfield drove his car into a ditch. Steve Beylund "nearly hit a stop sign while making a right hand turn into a driveway." William Bernard got his truck stuck in the river while trying to extract his boat. In his underwear. These embarrassing incidents—the first two of which happened in North
Dakota, ... MOREThe Government Wants Access To Your Smartphone
by Christie Smythe. What you should know. “We’re not at war – we care about the same things,” FBI Director James Comey says of the struggle between the U.S. and the tech sector over how private your smartphone should be. The government wants to work with companies such as Apple Inc. and Google to stop criminals and terrorists ... MOREWilliam N. Grigg: Chicago Cops Say Keeping Evidence Of Misconduct Puts Cops In Danger – So They’re Destroying It
Destroying the evidence of long festering corruption. With protesters thronging the streets of Chicago demanding police accountability
and clamoring for the resignation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the city’s
police union is frantically trying to destroy decades of records
documenting police misconduct. As is always the case, the ... MORE
Police Shooting Videos Spark Need For Reform
by Steven Greenhut. It’s easy to understand why law-enforcement lobbyists have largely opposed efforts to expand the use of officer body cameras.
As we see in Chicago—and now in San Francisco—the video images of
police shootings may be at odds with what officers said took place. In Chicago, protesters have been demanding the ... MORE
High Court To Take Up Warrantless Alcohol Testing
by Sam Hananel. The Fourth Amendment to have its day in court. The Supreme Court will decide whether states can criminalize a driver's refusal to take an alcohol test even if police have not obtained a search warrant. The justices on Friday agreed to hear three cases challenging laws in Minnesota and North Dakota that make it a crime for people ... MORE
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