FC: Feds randomly stop drivers in downtown Detroit, Michigan

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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>     WASHINGTON -- When Indianapolis police stopped James Edmond and Joell
>     Palmer at a drug checkpoint two years ago, the two men didn't merely
>     get peeved.
>     They got even. Edmond and Palmer filed a federal lawsuit claiming the
>     drug-stop violated the Constitution's rule against unreasonable
>     searches, and the Supreme Court recently agreed with them in a 6-3
>     ruling. [...]

-Declan

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Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 10:08:37 -0500
From: Kyle Jay Dupuy <al8726 () wayne edu>
Subject: Random Federal Traffic Stops Begin Today in Michigan
To: declan () well com

This is disturbing:



TRAFFIC CHECKS: Random stops begin today in Michigan

November 12, 2002

BY TAMARA AUDI
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER


Federal agents will begin randomly stopping traffic today,
looking for illegal immigrants, terrorists and drug or weapon
smugglers.

Cars will be stopped at unannounced, rotating checkpoints
within Michigan, including metro Detroit. U.S. Border Patrol
agents at the checkpoints will ask passengers their
citizenship and will have leeway to ask a host of follow-up
questions.

The effort is part of President George W. Bush's attempt to
increase security along the northern border, said Immigration
and Naturalization spokeswoman Karen Kraushaar.

[...]

http://www.freep.com/news/metro/checks12_20021112.htm




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