Illegal Searches

Students File Lawsuit Against Police After Cops Illegally Search 900 Students In South Georgia

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An Atlanta lawyer representing students subjected to invasive body searches during a mass—and warrantless—drug sweep at a South Georgia high school says the local sheriff who orchestrated the sweep conducted “900 illegal, suspicionless searches.” “This was a textbook definition of overreach,” said attorney Mark Begnaud of Atlanta’s Horsley Begnaud who filed a federal lawsuit Thursday … Read more

Report Shows New York Police Are Still More Likely to Stop Minorities

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A new report found the city’s stop-and-frisk rate has plummeted—but affects more people of color than whites. Ever since the New York Police Department’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy was ruled unconstitutional back in 2013, the city’s been trying to shrink the number of stops officers make and avoid disproportionately targeting people of color. Now a new … Read more

Police Now Stopping Innocent Americans and Taking Their DNA Nationwide

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Claire Bernish | The Free Thought Project Without laws to guide them, police around the country have begun collecting people’s DNA — even when no crime has been committed — using private labs which then store the genetic material for unknown periods to make identification simple in the event a crime is committed in the … Read more

Cops Are Pulling Over Countless Americans Just to “Check Their Papers”

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Tim Hull | Courthouse News Service ACLU Warns Tucson on Immigration Stops TUCSON (CN) — Tucson police continue to use traffic stops illegally to check immigration papers and call the Border Patrol, despite a supposed policy against it, the ACLU said in warning letters to police and Homeland Security. ACLU Arizona Staff Attorney James Lyall … Read more

State “Enforcers” Can No Longer Search Your Garbage Without Warrant and Punish You for Not Recycling

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June William | Courthouse News Service No Warrant? Stay Out of Garbage, Seattle Police SEATTLE (CN) — Seattle’s warrantless searches of garbage to enforce its recycling law is unconstitutional, a judge ruled. King County Judge Beth Andrus did, however, uphold the city’s ban on disposal of recyclables and compostable food waste. Though Seattle has one … Read more

Officers Force Innocent Woman to Bend Over and Spread Buttocks, Penetrate Her in “Search for Drugs”

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Eva Deccasare | The Free Thought Project 2016/04/15 Lawrence County, PA — Kimberlee Carbone was kidnapped and sexually assaulted multiple times in the span of five hours, because a cop claimed he had reason to believe she might have marijuana on her. After she had been probed again and again by law enforcement and healthcare … Read more

Cops Still Unlawfully Searching Tens of Thousands of Americans, Despite “Reforms”: Report

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Nick Rummel | Courthouse News Service PHILADELPHIA (CN) – Four years after settling a class action and agreeing to curb potential constitutional violations, Philadelphia police continued making unconstitutional stops and frisks last year, according to a report released Tuesday by the ACLU. The 61-page report found that tens of thousands of Philadelphians are still stopped … Read more

Cops Raided This Innocent Family, Instead of the Man Across the Street Who Threatened to Rape Someone

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The Johnsons’ home was erroneously searched by police officers as the family was threatened and an assault rifle was held to the father’s head. On February 22, 2013 several intruders barged into the Johnsons’ two-bedroom apartment in the early hours of the morning after kicking the door. With their guns drawn the assailants restrained two … Read more

[WATCH] Cops Smash Through a Window in Botched Raid, Despite Door Being Wide Open

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John Vibes | The Free Thought Project 2015/09/27 Detroit, MI – In the city of Detroit, where 9-1-1 calls for real crimes and emergencies often go unanswered, the police conducted a drug raid where they were seen on video smashing up someone’s house for no reason. Police busted through the resident’s windows and entered the … Read more

Cop Pulls Down Citizen’s Pants and “Inspects” Genitals on Side of Road

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2015/09/19 ILLINOIS — It is hard to believe that Illinois man Anthony Campbell may have forgiven the police officer who illegally strip searched him on a busy street three years ago. Humiliated and embarrassed, Anthony never complained to the police. However, Trooper Corey Alberson’s crime was discovered thanks to a routine review of the footage … Read more

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: None Are Safe from the State’s Plundering Parasites

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William Grigg | Pro Libertate 2015/05/23 “Is anyone present carrying more than ten marks, or planning to take out of the country any foreign money, gold, jewels, or other valuables?” demanded the German customs inspector after boarding the Innsbruck-bound train. “Any violation of the law will be punished with penal servitude –special cases by death.” … Read more

This is What Happens When You Call the Cops

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Martin Armstrong | Armstrong Economics 2014/12/02 There is a new music video that is going viral entitled This is What Happens When You Call The Cops. It is a shocking video putting together numerous clips of Police Brutality that is very disturbing to say the least. It has captured the stark transformation of the police … Read more