Miami Herald: Ex-cop convicted of stealing from drivers during traffic stops

Miami Herald: Ex-cop convicted of stealing from drivers during traffic stop by David J. Neal:

A federal jury convicted a former Miami-Dade police detective of stealing from drivers during traffic stops and lying to cover up his dirty work.

The legal terms for the abuse of power by William Kostopoulos, 49, are deprivation of rights under color of law and tampering with a witness. And the rights Kostopoulos deprived don’t come much bigger: His thefts violated the U.S. Constitution’s Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable seizure of property.

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