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IP: I find this outrageous!!
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 17:47:14 -0400
I find this outrageous and think our congress should get off their rear ends and change the law or have we become a police state where police will stop and throw you in jail and then you fight it. Maybe if some senators get arrested we will get this fixed or would they get away with it.djf April 24, 2001 Court Allows Arrest for Minor Violations By DAVID STOUT WASHINGTON, April 24 In a decision that could affect drivers and police agencies across the country, the Supreme Court ruled today that the police can handcuff and arrest people even for minor offenses, like failure to use seat belts, which are normally punished by fines. I find this outrageous The Court ruled, 5 to 4, against a Texas woman who was arrested, handcuffed and taken to jail because she and her two small children were not buckled up in their pickup truck. The justices rejected her claim that her Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures had been violated. <snip> http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/24/national/24CND-SCOTUS.html For archives see: http://www.interesting-people.org/
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