Louisiana Lawmen Play Fast And Loose with the Constitution
On August 29, 2008 in Civil Rights, Drug War, In The News, Law Enforcement
In its 2000 decision in Indianapolis v. Edmond, the US Supreme Court held that efforts to attack the drug trade by holding a checkpoint to look for drugs was a violation of the Fourth Amendment’s protection of the right to be free from unwarranted searches and seizures. In the years since then, a handful of departments across the county, usually in the South, have brazenly trumpeted their resort to drug checkpoints. Read the rest of this entry »
New York City Pot Arrest Capital of the World
On May 09, 2008 in Legalization
Police in New York City arrested more than 39,700 people on marijuana charges last year, and that is no fluke. In the last decade, nearly 400,000 New Yorkers have been arrested for carrying small amounts of marijuana, the vast majority of them black or brown. Read the rest of this entry »
Should Philadelphia Be Excited About Its Big Drug Bust?
On April 11, 2008 in In The News
Should we be excited? Police agencies in Philadelphia have announced a record drug bust for the city. According to the press conference, held Wednesday by the Philadelphia Police Department, the US Attorney’s Office and the FBI, the stash they nabbed consisted of 274 kilos of cocaine worth about 28 million dollars. Read the rest of this entry »
