Daily Archives: January 9, 2019

ACLU blog: William Barr Helped Build America’s Surveillance State

ACLU blog: William Barr Helped Build America’s Surveillance State by Neema Singh Guliani & Brian Tashman:

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WaPo: Police seeking DNA of male staff at health-care facility where woman in vegetative state gave birth

WaPo: Police seeking DNA of male staff at health-care facility where woman in vegetative state gave birth by Herman Wong and Cleve R. Wootson Jr.: Police investigators are seeking DNA samples from male staff members at a private care facility … Continue reading

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CA11: Questioning during stop exceeded Rodriguez, but it was before that, so GFE applies

The stop was reasonable, and the questioning of the motorist was valid at the time it happened (December 2013). Under Rodriguez, however, the stop was unlawfully extended. Under the good faith exception, the detention was still valid. United States v. … Continue reading

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Why they strip search in jail: WGNO: Police find gun concealed in buttocks of Lafourche Parish man

WGNO: Police find gun concealed in buttocks of Lafourche Parish man: GOLDEN MEADOW, LA – Deputies at the Lafourche Parish Jail found a gun concealed in the buttocks of a man arrested after police found a “zip gun” and homemade … Continue reading

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