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Parallel Construction: Building Criminal Cases Using Secret, Unconstitutional Surveillance

Loaded on May 14, 2018 published in Criminal Legal News May, 2018, page 1
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Statistics/Trends, Police State-Surveillance. Location: United States of America.

by Iris Wagner

Introduction

Ascension Alverez-Tejeda and his girlfriend stopped at a traffic light. When the light turned green, the car in front of them stalled. Alverez-Tejeda suddenly stopped before hitting the car in front of him, but the pickup truck behind him struck his bumper. Police arrived on the ...

 

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