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    FBI Successfully Forced A Criminal Suspect To Unlock His Wickr Account With His Face

    FBI Successfully Forced A Criminal Suspect To Unlock His Wickr Account With His Face 21 July 2022 Based on (admittedly scattershot) case law, the best protection for your phone (and constitutional rights) seems to depend on whatever device owners feel is the most persistent (or dangerous)...
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    Forest City, North Carolina: Court Tells Cops That Legally Owned Guns Are Evidence Of Nothing, Order Return Of Seized Money

    Court Tells Cops That Legally Owned Guns Are Evidence Of Nothing, Order Return Of Seized Money 20 April 2022 The opportunistic actions of drug warriors has often been encouraged by courts, which have been willing to grant considerable leeway to law enforcement, even when their articulated...
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    Kansas & California Cops Used Civil Forfeiture to Rob Armored Cars, Stealing Money Earned by Licensed Marijuana Businesses

    Kansas and California Cops Used Civil Forfeiture to Stage Armored Car Heists, Stealing Money Earned by Licensed Marijuana Businesses The Institute for Justice argues that the seizures violated state law, federal law, and the U.S. Constitution. 18 January 2022 Because the continued federal...
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    Georgia: Devonia Inman Sees His Conviction Overturned After 23 Years Behind Bars

    Devonia Inman Sees His Conviction Overturned After 23 Years Behind Bars 29 November 2021 MORE THAN 20 YEARS after Devonia Inman was sentenced to life in prison for a murder he swears he did not commit, a judge in Georgia has overturned his conviction, writing that state misconduct and...
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    Is the Fear Factor Overblown in Police Shootings?

    Is the Fear Factor Overblown in Police Shootings? 22 November 2021 At issue in the review of every police shooting, whether it’s at night or in daylight, whether it’s an officer’s first shooting or third, or whether the person has a gun, a knife or no weapon at all, is one factor. Fear. For...
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    Virginia: Army 2nd Lt. Caron Nazario assaulted at gunpoint by Windsor police officers Daniel Crocker & Joe Gutierrez

    Windsor police officer Daniel Crocker holding Army 2nd Lt. Caron Nazario at gunpoint Windsor police officer Joe Gutierrez (since fired) joins in the fun! Nazario lawsuit delay denied 1 July 2021 A federal judge has denied Windsor Police Officer Daniel Crocker’s request to delay Army...
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    Massachusetts Supreme Court: Can Cops Engage In Warrantless Surveillance Of Social Media Users?

    Massachusetts Supreme Court Being Asked To Decide Whether Cops Can Engage In Warrantless Surveillance Of Social Media Users 23 September 2021 The top court in Massachusetts is asking itself (and legal counsel representing both sides) questions that -- on the surface level -- don't really...
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