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US Supreme Court Kills Fourth Amendment

Posted in Suprem Court on May 2nd, 2008 by RottingNation

digitaljournal.com:

The lawyers representing David Lee Moore, a Portsmouth, Virginia resident who was arrested five years ago and charged with the possession of cocaine, knew that text well and thought it would help Moore become a free man.

On that night Moore was stopped by Portsmouth officers for driving with a suspended license. Under Virginia law, he should have been issued a court summons and been allowed to leave. Instead, the officers decided, on a whim, to arrest Moore. They detained him for over an hour and the subsequent search revealed that Moore had cocaine in his possesion.

When asked why Moore was arrested, an officer replied, “Just our prerogative.” Translation: We just felt like arresting him. We had no real reason.

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