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  • RickRussell_CAEnglish
    0•2 years ago

    Radley Balko interviewed a long-time federal investigator about the kinds of abuse he’s seen. One of the most common: spurious traffic violations used as thin justification for illegal searches. Dude has like a dozen stories of incredibly ballsy illegal searches by cops:

    Link: https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/nobody-gives-a-shit

    • Doug HollandOPEnglish
      1•2 years ago

      Thanks for this, big thanks. It’s heartbreaking and infuriating and terrific.

      I saw the article when Randy first ran it last year, but it’s long and I was busy and never read it… until tonight. Here’s the link to part 2, by the way. I’m gonna save the link, and run it some Monday when there are fewer than usual bad cops in the news. Dunno why, but Mondays are usually light.