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Article • January 15, 2022 • from CLN February, 2022
Minnesota Police Hand Out ‘Not-Reaching’ Pouches to Reduce Police Shoot-ings of Motorists by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Any proactive measure to cut down on cops shooting motorists is a good step in the right direction. At first glance, what the Minnesota Department of Public Safety (“MDPS”) is doing sounds …
Article • January 3, 2022
Traffic Stops Spiral Out of Control and Motorists Killed by Cops by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott   According to the Council on Foreign Relations, U.S. police killed far more people between 2013 and 2019 than any other wealthy democracy on the planet. Data drawn from the Mapping …
Article • December 15, 2021 • from CLN January, 2022
“If Everybody’s White, There Can’t Be Any Racial Bias”: The Disappearance of Hispanic Drivers From Traffic Records by Richard Webster In Louisiana, law enforcement agencies have been accused of targeting Hispanic drivers in traffic stops and identifying them as white on tickets. Misidentification makes it impossible to track racial bias, …
Article • September 20, 2021
Former “Officer of the Year” Arrested and Charged for Inserting His Finger in Motorist’s Anus by A former officer with the Orlando Police Department (“OPD”) was arrested on September 16, 2021, and charged with sexual battery for allegedly fondling the genitals of a man during a traffic stop and then …
Article • September 15, 2021 • from CLN October, 2021
Wisconsin Supreme Court: Officer’s Retention of Driver’s License Without Reasonable Suspicion to Delay Until Arrival of Drug Dog Constitutes Unlawful Seizure by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The Supreme Court of Wisconsin held that an officer who retained a motorist’s driver’s license without any reasonable suspicion of criminal activity—for …
Article • September 3, 2021
D.C. Cops Fatally Shoot Black Man Asleep in Car by After a half-dozen Washington, D.C. cops woke an armed Black man they found asleep in his parked car, one of them shot and killed him as he tried to drive away. The early-morning incident unfolded on August 25, 2021, after …
Article • September 3, 2021
LA Co. Sheriff’s Deputies Sued for Beating & Disfiguring Black Man During Traffic Stop by A federal lawsuit filed on June 21, 2021, accuses a half-dozen deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office (LACSO) of brutalizing a suspect during a traffic stop in 2020. The plaintiff, 37-year-old Christopher Bailey, …
Article • August 25, 2021
Black Mom Beaten Unconscious by White California Deputies: ‘I Think She’s Out’ by A California mother who stopped her car to trade-off driving duty with her father on a family road trip was beaten unconscious and arrested by a pair of Solano County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) deputies, who later lied …
Article • June 15, 2021 • from CLN July, 2021
Illinois Supreme Court: Motion to Suppress Statements Granted Where Police Prolonged Traffic Stop to Investigate Offenses Unrelated to the Stop by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Illinois affirmed a decision of the appellate court that ruled a motion to suppress inculpatory statements should have been granted …
Article • May 15, 2021 • from CLN June, 2021
Ohio Supreme Court: Touching ‘Fog Line’ Doesn’t Justify Traffic Stop by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In a case of first impression for the Supreme Court of Ohio, it held that “driving on” or “touching” the single solid white longitudinal line on the right-hand edge of a roadway (aka “fog …
Article • October 18, 2020
Your Neighborhood Does Not Need an Automated License Plate Reader by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Companies are targeting Homeowners Associations and Neighborhood Associations as potential customers for Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs), promising the devices will keep neighborhoods safe. However, there is no evidence these devices improve safety, …
Article • June 15, 2020 • from CLN July, 2020
Filed under: Traffic stop
Pennsylvania Supreme Court: Expired Vehicle Registration Isn’t ‘Breach of the Peace’ Justifying Traffic Stop by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania described the contours of “breach of the peace” and held that operation of a motor vehicle with an expired registration sticker is a traffic violation …
North Carolina Supreme Court: Giving Finger to Police Not Disorderly Conduct Justifying Traffic Stop by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A unanimous Supreme Court of North Carolina held on May 1, 2020, that waving the middle finger at the police was not disorderly conduct to justify a traffic stop and …
Article • June 15, 2020 • from CLN July, 2020
5-Year Study Shows Police Stop Black Drivers Less Often at Night When ‘Veil of Darkness’ Obscures Race by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In the largest-ever study of racial profiling by police during traffic stops, Stanford University has shown that Black people are much less likely to be stopped after …
Article • May 15, 2020 • from CLN June, 2020
Filed under: Traffic stop
SCOTUS: Knowledge that Driver’s License of Vehicle’s Registered Owner Was Revoked Provides Reasonable Suspicion to Initiate Traffic Stop by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) whittled away at Fourth Amendment protections by holding that when a police officer has knowledge that the driver’s …
Article • April 15, 2020 • from CLN May, 2020
Chicago’s ‘Despicable’ Red-Light Camera System Exposed by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney As of October 2019, Chicago’s 300 red light cameras netted $35 million in fines, penalties, and collection fees. According to an investigation by ABC 7, the city is setting traps for unwary drivers by reducing the length of …
Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
Filed under: Traffic stop
California Court of Appeal: Hunch That Proves Correct Is Not Reasonable Suspicion for Traffic Stop by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Division Two of the Fourth Appellate District for the California Court of Appeal ruled that an officer must have reasonable suspicion based on articulable facts to initiate a traffic …
Article • March 17, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
Iowa Supreme Court: Officer’s Delay of Traffic Stop to Investigate Other Matters Unconstitutional by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Supreme Court of Iowa reversed a motion court’s denial of a motion to suppress. The Court held a police officer failed to develop a reasonable suspicion of other …
Article • November 16, 2019 • from CLN December, 2019
Massachusetts Supreme Court Suppresses Evidence Obtained Following Illegally Prolonged Traffic Stop, Orders New Trial by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Judicial Court vacated the convictions of Paulos Tavares, ruling that the trial court failed to suppress evidence that was obtained as the result of an officer extending a …
Article • October 19, 2019
Failure to Identify Specific Evidence Sought in Telephone Search Violates Oregon Constitution by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson The Oregon Court of Appeals held that a warrant to search a criminal defendant’s phone violated the Oregon Constitution because it was insufficiently particular, and therefore invalid. During a traffic stop, police …
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