Daily Archives: September 14, 2019

WV Gazette: Officers found his $25K of heroin. He walked free, and now he’s suing police [for raiding the wrong house]

WV Gazette: Officers found his $25K of heroin. He walked free, and now he’s suing police by Jake Zuckerman. Police raided a house after falsely stating that one Figueroa lived there and made several drug deals. It was the wrong … Continue reading

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D.N.M.: Search and seizure claim against USSG enhancement doesn’t have to be decided; it applies another way

Defendant sort of raised a search claim as attacking a USSG enhancement, but the court finds that the enhancement applies no matter what. Martinez v. United States, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 154693 (D. N.M. Sept. 11, 2019).* Defendant’s unconstitutional arrest … Continue reading

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GA: Police were reasonable in stopping def because he looked like the guy wanted in an arrest warrant although it turned out he wasn’t the guy

Officers could approach defendant to talk to him because he generally fit the description and location of a person named in an arrest warrant. It turned out that he wasn’t the guy, but it doesn’t make it unreasonable to stop … Continue reading

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Sputnik International: ‘Inherently Racist’: Stop-And-Frisk Data Vindicates Activists’ Claims About DC Police Practice (opinion)

Sputnik International: ‘Inherently Racist’: Stop-And-Frisk Data Vindicates Activists’ Claims About DC Police Practice (opinion):

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