Daily Archives: December 14, 2014

The Economist: America’s police on trial

The Economist: America’s police on trial The United States needs to overhaul its law-enforcement system THE store camera tells a harrowing tale. John Crawford was standing in a Walmart in Ohio holding an air rifle—a toy he had picked off … Continue reading

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NYTimes: Court Weighs Facebook’s Right to Challenge Search Warrants on Users’ Behalf

NYTimes: NY Court Weighs Facebook’s Right to Challenge Search Warrants on Users’ Behalf by James C. McKinley: The thorny issue of Internet privacy was taken up by a New York State appeals court on Thursday, as judges seemed to be … Continue reading

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WaPo: N.Y. man sues FBI in bid to lift decade-old gag order

WaPo: N.Y. man sues FBI in bid to lift decade-old gag order by Ellen Nakashima: A New York man who ran a small Internet company has sued the Justice Department to lift a 10-year-old gag order that accompanied a national … Continue reading

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N.M.I.: When the prosecution claims an area is “high crime,” they have to prove it, and the officer’s mere assertions are not enough

When the prosecution claims an area is “high crime,” they have to prove it, and the officer’s mere assertions are not enough: “‘[j]ust as a man with a hammer sees every problem as a nail, so a man with a … Continue reading

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S.D.W.Va.: Def’s girlfriend consented to search of house for guns when order of protection issued

Defendant’s live-in girlfriend went to the courthouse and obtained an emergency protection order (EPO) which, under West Virginia law, required the respondent to rid himself of firearms. Here, she specifically alleged that she’d been threatened with a gun. Police came … Continue reading

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