IP: I find this outrageous!!

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

I find this outrageous and think our congress should get off their rear 
ends and change the law or have we become a police state where police will 
stop and throw you in jail and then you fight it. Maybe if some senators 
get arrested we will get this fixed or would they get away with it.djf

April 24, 2001

Court Allows Arrest for Minor Violations

By DAVID STOUT


WASHINGTON, April 24 ? In a decision that could affect drivers and police 
agencies across the country, the Supreme Court ruled today that the police 
can handcuff and arrest people even for minor offenses, like failure to use 
seat belts, which are normally punished by fines.
I find this outrageous
The Court ruled, 5 to 4, against a Texas woman who was arrested, handcuffed 
and taken to jail because she and her two small children were not buckled 
up in their pickup truck. The justices rejected her claim that her Fourth 
Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures had been violated.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/24/national/24CND-SCOTUS.html




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