Court: Trinidad Barriers Not Legal ; Stops Violate Constitution
The Washington Times › July 11, 2009
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A federal appeals court Friday declared unconstitutional a controversial police checkpoint program used to cordon off a crime- ridden D.C. neighborhood last year.
The unanimous 14-page opinion of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit sends the case back to U.S. District Court for further consideration. But the strongly worded opinion left little room for interpretation about the appeals court's thoughts on the District's use of checkpoints.See the full content of this document
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Court: Trinidad Barriers Not Legal ; Stops Violate Constitution
"It is apparent that appellants' constitutional rights are violated," Chief Judge David B. Sentelle wrote in the ruling.
The checkpoints, modeled after a similar New York City initiative, were first implemented in the Trinidad neighborh...See the full content of this document
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