Related Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-01561.html > 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 --- Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 10:08:37 -0500 From: Kyle Jay Dupuy <al8726at_private> Subject: Random Federal Traffic Stops Begin Today in Michigan To: declanat_private 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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