As of June 20th, yes. The Supreme Court ruled that evidence found by police officers after an illegal stop can still be used in court. Is this an erosion of citizen’s rights, or an important step in giving the good guys an edge in the war on crime?
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VIDEO CLIPS:
Spanish Traffic Stop #1 Identification Form
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OCbbE7CZLc
Police Harrassment & License Plate Profiling. Canine False Alert. Cops Search Car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poEgoZoTxIs
7-Eleven Tour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJs5El3E8cY
Inglewood Police Tear Up Car During Search
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jebYE9vKFmw
Obamacare at the Supreme Court Day One (full audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr6QfwUY2bU
SOURCES:
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/15pdf/14-1373_83i7.pdf
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/1ef09db1314f4d749a574b3dcb3e5871/supreme-court-rules-police-search-case
http://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Strieff-Edw_DEF-cert-opp.pdf
http://reason.com/blog/2016/06/20/sonia-sotomayor-blasts-scotus-for-excusi
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/21/us/supreme-court-says-police-may-use-evidence-found-after-illegal-stops.html?_r=0
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/06/20/sonia_sotomayor_dissent_in_utah_v_strieff_takes_on_police_misconduct.html
http://www.scotusblog.com/2016/06/opinion-analysis-the-exclusionary-rule-is-weakened-but-it-still-lives/
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/utah-streiff-sotomayor/487922/
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