Further dismantlement of the 4th Amendment

Posted by xthinker88 9 years, 8 months ago to News
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The Seventh Circuit found all of this troubling, even conceding that the reward policy was “a terrible way to promote accurate detection.”
SOURCE URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2015/08/04/federal-appeals-court-drug-dog-thats-barely-more-accurate-than-a-coin-flip-is-good-enough/


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  • Posted by Zenphamy 9 years, 8 months ago
    It's always bothered me that 'probable cause' isn't even necessary to institute a dog sniff, much less that a dog handled by a cop is 'probable cause'.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 8 months ago
    More reason to end the drug 'war' that has not only failed its mission but it has (a) expanded to destroy the rights of the sovereign people guaranteed in the Bill of Rights, and (b) caused significant loss of life by creating financial incentives for drug gangs, just as alcohol Prohibition did early in the 20th century.
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