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A new instance of police misconduct has arisen, this time out of Los Angeles. A man suspected of committing a hit-and-run was arrested. During the arrest, police claim that they found drugs in his pocket, but their body cameras show that was not the case. What Happened During the Arrest,
The Fourth Amendment is the most constitutional protection for people who are being investigated for a crime. However, if the Fourth Amendment has been around since 1792, why are the oldest cases that deal with it from the 1960s? The answer takes us from the American Revolution through the First
Back in early September, a viral video hit the internet of a Utah detective roughly arresting a nurse after she refused to let him conduct an unlawful blood alcohol content (BAC) test. Now, that detective has been fired from the police force. Nurse Arrested for Preventing Unlawful BAC Search We’ve
In several recent blog posts, we’ve dealt with the issue of what police have to do in order to initiate a “seizure” that triggers your Fourth Amendment rights. While the broad spectrum of possible police detentions means that it’s not always clear whether you’ve been seized by police, there are
In the past few blog posts, we’ve started talking about what it means to be “seized” by police. Determining the precise moment when a seizure occurred is crucial because, if the seizure was unlawful under the Fourth Amendment, evidence obtained after it happened can be excluded from trial under the
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