Daily Archives: October 28, 2014

Atlantic: California Can’t Police Its Own Cops Stealing Nude Photos of Women

Atlantic: California Can’t Police Its Own Cops Stealing Nude Photos of Women by Conor Friedersdorf: Local authorities are investigating a highway-patrol scandal, but their perverse incentives mean federal authorities need to step in. The story the court documents tell is … Continue reading

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WaPo: Lanier addresses concerns over police stops; says new way needed to fight drugs

WaPo: Lanier addresses concerns over police stops; says new way needed to fight drugs by Peter Hermann: Addressing complaints that officers unfairly detain people, D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier said Monday she understands that traffic stops and other routine … Continue reading

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NYTimes: Report Reveals Wider Tracking of Mail in U.S.

NYTimes: Report Reveals Wider Tracking of Mail in U.S. by Ron Nixon: WASHINGTON — In a rare public accounting of its mass surveillance program, the United States Postal Service reported that it approved nearly 50,000 requests last year from law … Continue reading

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PA: Search of an aspirin bottle on entering a courthouse was reasonable; cocaine found

Defendant entered a county courthouse and emptied his pockets for the metal detector. He left an aspirin bottle in the tray which the officer shook. He concluded it contained something other than aspirin. Defendant wasn’t detained but the bottle was. … Continue reading

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TN: Merely being on a cul-de-sac at 3:30 am where you don’t belong isn’t RS

A resident on a cul-de-sac called the police because a car that seemingly didn’t belong was driving around a few times. The police were called and stopped the car. Defendant was arrested for DUI. The stop lacked an objective basis … Continue reading

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