Daily Archives: June 24, 2019

The Crime Report: Stop and Fix? How the ‘High-Crime Area’ Defense Has Licensed Bad Policing

The Crime Report: Stop and Fix? How the ‘High-Crime Area’ Defense Has Licensed Bad Policing by James M. Doyle:

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WaPo: Goodbye, Chrome: Google’s web browser has become spy software

WaPo: Goodbye, Chrome: Google’s web browser has become spy software by Geoffrey A. Fowler: Our latest privacy experiment found Chrome ushered more than 11,000 tracker cookies into our browser — in a single week. Here’s why Firefox is better.

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WaPo: Hacked documents reveal sensitive details of expanding border surveillance

WaPo: Hacked documents reveal sensitive details of expanding border surveillance by Drew Harwell: Far more information was taken in the hack of a Customs and Border Protection contractor than U.S. officials have acknowledged.

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D.Mass.: ICE civil immigration arrests at Boston state courthouse enjoined

In a case brought by the Suffolk County DA in Boston, ICE is ordered to not civilly arrest witnesses and defendants at the courthouse. At common law, witnesses were immune from civil arrest at court. The court finds nothing in … Continue reading

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D.Mont.: Locked gun safe in house subject to parole search condition

A locked gun safe was subject to a parole search condition. United States v. Crawford, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 104527 (D. Mont. June 21, 2019). The facts and circumstances of this case show probable cause for obtaining DNA from defendant … Continue reading

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CA8: Failure to knock-and-announce not a suppression issue

“[T]he officers’ alleged violation of the knock-and-announce rule had nothing to do with their seizure of the gun, drugs, and cash in Diaz-Ortiz’s hotel room pursuant to their search warrant.” Relief is barred by Hudson. United States v. Diaz-Ortiz, 2019 … Continue reading

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LA3: State showed abandonment of car at hearing even though trial court decided on other grounds

The state argued and showed abandonment, but the trial court didn’t decide it. On appeal, the court finds that defendant abandoned his car after a police chase and he bailed out of the car and ran. State v. Guidry, 2019 … Continue reading

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