The drug war is a war on YOU. Lodging in Collinsville (with Michael Reichert)
Showing posts with label probable cause. Show all posts
Showing posts with label probable cause. Show all posts
VIDEO: A Cop Reveals How To Manufacture Drug Busts
The drug war is a war on YOU. Lodging in Collinsville (with Michael Reichert)
Radley Balko: Bad Cops, Drug Dogs And Asset Forfeiture
Three ingredients that make for a toxic brew. Last December, filmmaker Terrance Huff and
his friend Jon Seaton were returning to Ohio after attending a "Star
Trek" convention in St. Louis. As they passed through a small town in
Illinois, a police officer, Michael Reichert, pulled Huff's red PT
Cruiser over to the side of the road, allegedly for an unsafe ... MOREVIDEO: How Cops Legally Steal Innocent People's Money
Civil forfeiture provides incentive for government abuse.
Zack Fulkerson: Privacy Under Attack
TSA and police drag 4th Amendment through the mud. The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America reads: “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, ... MOREObama Increases Warrantless Surveillance Of Citizens
US spies on political activists without probable cause. The U.S. government has been “spying on political activists without probable cause” for decades, a practice that has been exacerbated in recent years, says Kris Hermes, a spokesman for the National Lawyers' Guild in Chicago. “The U.S. government has had a history of spying on political activists for ... MOREDWI Checkpoints Work, But Are They Constitutional?
by Erin Schultz. Last week, we asked a few local bar owners how DWI task force checkpoints affected their business over
the summer, and reader reaction to the piece ranged from vehement
support of the checkpoints to questioning if they are Constitutional or
not. Here are a few comments generated from the issue. Feel free to chime ... MOREVIDEO: Heavy-handed Cops Detain Citizens At Gunpoint
Cops pull innocent women and children from their cars for warrantless searches.
NY Times Editorial: California And The Fourth Amendment
State takes to seizing DNA without a warrant. On Wednesday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is scheduled to reconsider whether California violates the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against searches and seizures by requiring police to take DNA samples from people arrested but not yet convicted of felonies. ... MORESarah Shurtleff: Do Checkpoints Make Us Safer?
"Your papers, please." The day after the checkpoint on U.S. 36, my daughter was driving alone through Idaho and was stopped by a state trooper who claimed he thought her tinted windows might not conform to Idaho's requirements. Is this a "lawful traffic contact for some identified violation?" Doesn't sound like it to me. Sounds like fishing. The ... MORE
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