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  • Marine Veteran Wins First Round of Lawsuit Challenging Nevada’s Civil Forfeiture Laws

    02/13/2024 7:52:04 AM PST · by george76 · 44 replies
    Institute for Justice ^ | January 12, 2024 | Dan King ·
    Stephen Lara sued after the Nevada Highway Patrol took his life savings without charging him with any crime.. RENO, Nev.—On Thursday, the Second Judicial District Court for the State of Nevada denied the state’s motion to dismiss a Marine veteran’s lawsuit challenging the state’s civil forfeiture laws, after his life savings were taken through the controversial process nearly three years ago. Thursday’s decision means Stephen Lara, represented by the Institute for Justice (IJ), can continue his legal challenge to the state’s forfeiture scheme, which allows police to take people’s property without showing that they committed a crime. “The court’s ruling...
  • Federal Appeals Court Slams FBI’s Actions In Security Deposit Box Raid

    01/24/2024 6:49:34 PM PST · by george76 · 57 replies
    Institute for Justice ^ | January 23, 2024 | Andrew Wimer ·
    Ninth Circuit panel unanimously orders FBI to destroy records it created during searches of US Private Vaults boxes.. PASADENA, Calif.—This morning, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel unanimously ruled against the government in a long-running class action lawsuit from the Institute for Justice (IJ) on behalf of people who rented security deposit boxes at US Private Vaults. The decision slammed the FBI for overstepping its authority when it opened up hundreds of renters’ boxes, conducted criminal searches of them all, and attempted to permanently keep everything in the boxes worth more than $5,000, all without charging any box...
  • The FBI took $86 million from safe deposit boxes. An appeals court will decide if that's constitutional

    12/07/2023 4:20:57 PM PST · by george76 · 46 replies
    Fox News ^ | December 7, 2023 | Hannah Ray Lambert
    Civil rights attorneys argue FBI defied warrant by searching people's safe deposit boxes... FBI agents cataloged Cartier bracelets, Rolex watches and stacks of cash as they combed through safe deposit boxes seized from a Beverly Hills business accused of money laundering. But the owners of many of those boxes were not accused of any crimes. After hearing arguments from both sides Thursday, a panel of judges from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals will decide whether the sweeping raid violated customers' Fourth Amendment rights. ... Agents took about $86 million in cash from the boxes, as well as a trove...
  • 71-year-old woman held at gunpoint, robbed outside Christian school

    08/29/2023 8:22:47 AM PDT · by Morgana · 13 replies
    Christian Post ^ | August 29, 2023 | Nicole Alcindor,
    Police are searching for a suspect who robbed a 71-year-old woman at gunpoint outside a Christian school before breaking into the building and brandishing his gun in search of the employee he robbed, warning her not to call the police. The employee was parked outside Gateway Christian School in Memphis, Tennessee, when the driver of a silver sedan with Mississippi tags drove in front of her minivan at 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 22 and robbed her, Fox 13 reported. She subsequently ran into the school and called police, according to multiple reports. No students were at the school at the...
  • Florida man unsuccessfully robs Wendy's, bank before getting arrested: police

    WEST MELBOURNE, Fla. - A man from Melbourne was arrested after he unsuccessfully robbed a Wendy's and a bank, according to police. Daniel Jeconiah Gibbs was nabbed Tuesday for the double attempted robbery on August 5. He was taken into custody by the Brevard County Sheriff's Office, but the Palm Bay Police Department is also expected to bring more charges toward Gibbs. The alleged robbery attempts happened August 5. Gibbs walked into a Wendy's at 135 Palm Bay Road and approached an employee behind the order counter, police said. Gibbs displayed what employees believed to be a gun in his...
  • Suspect Charged in Death of ‘Anarchist’ Baker in Robbery Gone Wrong as Victim’s Family Urges no Jail Time

    06/26/2023 1:15:53 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 34 replies
    New York Post ^ | June 26, 2023 | Yaron Steinbuch
    A 19-year-old San Francisco man has been charged in the death of a popular baker who was dragged by a getaway car chasing after armed robbers — and the woke activist’s family has urged authorities not to jail her two assailants because it goes against her social justice beliefs. SNIP “As a long-time social movement activist and anarchist, Jen did not believe in state violence, carceral punishment or incarceration as an effective or just solution to social violence and inequity,” her loved ones wrote on a GoFundMe page after the brutal crime. Her family is “committed to pursuing all available...
  • Ohio Cops Sue Afroman for Using Video of Them Raiding His House in Music Videos

    03/26/2023 1:17:19 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 27 replies
    Reason ^ | 3.23.2023 3:26 PM | C.J. CIARAMELLA
    Seven sheriff's deputies say the rapper subjected them to "embarrassment, ridicule, emotional distress, humiliation, and loss of reputation" after a drug bust on his house came up empty.Do you have a reasonable expectation of privacy when you break into a famous rapper's house with an AR-15 and take his money? A group of Ohio sheriff's deputies thinks so.Seven Adams County Sheriff's deputies have filed a lawsuit against Afroman for using footage of them raiding his house in several music videos, FOX19 reports. The deputies argue Afroman used their personas for commercial purposes without permission, causing them to suffer "embarrassment, ridicule,...
  • Man With Concealed Carry Permit Stops Armed Robbery In Chicago, Shoots One In Knee And One In Buttock

    12/10/2022 7:59:51 AM PST · by Eleutheria5 · 24 replies
    Slay ^ | 10/12/22 | David Hawkins
    A concealed carry holder stopped an armed robbery crew from stealing his car early this morning in downtown Chicago. The permit holder shot two men during an exchange of gunfire in the heart of Chicago’s downtown and stopped a car theft in progress. The victim was leaving the Cambria Hotel in the theater district when someone fired shots at him from a red SUV Chicago police said. The concealed carry holder returned fire sending the red SUV fleeing from the scene. Another offender was inside the victim’s parked car. He got out and ran from the scene of the crime....
  • Florida man drinks a cup of bleach after jury finds him guilty of armed robbery

    11/23/2022 2:41:18 PM PST · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 67 replies
    The New York Post ^ | November 23, 2022 | Landon Mion, FOX News
    A Florida man downed a cup of bleach in a courtroom moments after hearing the jury read his verdict in which he was found guilty of armed robbery. Jermaine Bell, 38, has spent more than three years in custody for the December 2018 robbery for which he was convicted. He pulled a gun on employees at the Millennium Engine Plating while he was disguised as a courier. Bell was seen drinking the bleach from a white disposable cup before an officer approached him with a trash can and attempted to have the inmate spit up the liquid. But Bell continued...
  • Georgetown [South Carolina] woman sentenced to life in prison without parole

    06/22/2022 5:33:29 PM PDT · by grundle · 43 replies
    abcnews4.com ^ | June 17, 2022 | Julia Varnier
    GEORGETOWN COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — Fifteenth Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson announces that on Friday, June 17, a Georgetown County jury convicted a Georgetown woman of armed robbery and she was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole under the South Carolina two strikes law. Shannon Lane Bone, 40, of Georgetown, was convicted of armed robbery Friday afternoon following a trial that began with jury selection and motions on Monday, said Liz Smith, the assistant solicitor, who along with Deputy Solicitor Alicia Richardson prosecuted the case for the 15th Circuit Solicitor’s Office. Bone was convicted of robbing the...
  • Loyola student robbed Metra conductor at gunpoint to get lunch money, defense attorney says

    02/17/2022 6:53:20 PM PST · by DUMBGRUNT · 38 replies
    CWBChicago ^ | 17 feb 2022 | CWBChicago
    A Loyola University student on his way to school robbed a Metra conductor at gunpoint Tuesday afternoon because he was hungry and needed money to get some food before class — and that’s according to his defense attorney. Brown pulled out a gun and pointed it at the train conductor’s stomach around 2:07 p.m. He allegedly took $110 from the conductor’s pockets on the platform and left the station. The defense attorney said Brown went to class at Loyola after the hold-up. He encouraged Judge Maryam Ahmad to reflect on her days as a hungry college student as she weighed...
  • FBI and San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department accused of illegally seizing marijuana cash

    01/28/2022 2:37:23 PM PST · by DUMBGRUNT · 41 replies
    Yahoo ^ | 28 Jan 2022 | Michael Finnegan
    The first sign of trouble for Empyreal came on May 17, when a sheriff's deputy in Dickinson County, Kan., pulled over one of its vans' drivers on I-70 for an alleged traffic violation and questioned her. She told the deputy she was on her way to pick up cash at medical pot dispensaries in Kansas City, Mo., then planned to drive the money back through Kansas the next morning to deposit it at a credit union in Colorado, according to the DEA. Medical marijuana is legal in Missouri but not in Kansas. The next morning, the DEA put the driver...
  • Dallas Police Took $106,000 From a Traveler. They Haven't Explained Why.

    12/09/2021 10:22:41 AM PST · by Red Badger · 74 replies
    https://reason.com ^ | JOE LANCASTER | 12.8.2021 3:50 PM
    On Sunday, a Facebook post from the Dallas Police Department went viral. It depicts a police dog, Ballentine, who is a member of the department's interdiction unit, operating out of Dallas' Love Field Airport. The caption praises Ballentine for sniffing out more than $100,000 in cash from a traveler's bag. What is left out of the description is what, if anything, the traveler did wrong. When contacted by Reason, Dallas police declined to give any specifics. The only comment provided was a statement that the squad "seized $106,829.00, from a 25-year-old female who is a resident of Chicago, IL., but...
  • Homeland Security Seized $2 Billion in Cash From Travelers at U.S. Airports

    07/31/2020 8:15:03 AM PDT · by RandFan · 42 replies
    Reason ^ | July 30th | C.J. CIARAMELLA
    Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and other Department of Homeland Security agents seized more than $2 billion in cash from travelers in U.S. airports between 2000 and 2016, according to a new report by the Institute for Justice, a libertarian public interest law firm. The institute's report is the first to comprehensively analyze the use of civil asset forfeiture by federal law enforcement in airports, where multiple news investigations have revealed horror stories of passengers having their money taken even though they weren't ever charged with a crime. Take a case that Reason covered: Rustem Kazazi, a U.S. citizen who...
  • Miramar armed robbery (south Florida)

    07/13/2020 7:45:27 PM PDT · by ConservativeStatement · 8 replies
    Miramar police released video of an armed robbery on July 7, 2020 at 7520 Pembroke Rd. Police are trying to identify two suspects, one of whom had a semi-automatic firearm. The suspects left with a gold chain with a Jesus pendant, with other jewelry.
  • A Minneapolis Neighborhood Vowed to Check Its Privilege. It’s Already Being Tested.

    06/24/2020 10:44:58 PM PDT · by Trump20162020 · 54 replies
    The New York Times ^ | 06-24-2020 | Caitlin Dickerson
    Mitchell Erickson’s fingers began dialing 911 last week before he had a chance to even consider alternatives, when two black teenagers who looked to be 15, at most, cornered him outside his home a block away from the park. One of the boys pointed a gun at Mr. Erickson’s chest, demanding his car keys. Flustered, Mr. Erickson handed over a set, but it turned out to be house keys. The teenagers got frustrated and ran off, then stole a different car down the street. Mr. Erickson said later that he would not cooperate with prosecutors in a case against the...
  • 2 officers involved in George Floyd death were rookies, attorney says 1 was on his 4th day

    06/05/2020 11:10:11 AM PDT · by SJackson · 69 replies
    Fox News ^ | 6-5-20
    MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (FOX 9) – One of the police officers arrested and charged with aiding and abetting the murder of George Floyd was on his fourth day on the job when the incident occurred. According to Earl Grey, the defense attorney for Thomas Lane, the rookie officer was on his fourth day on patrol. “What would your state of mind be if you work your rear end off to become a cop and four days on the job, you’re accused of murder?” Grey asked, arguing that his client did not aid in a murder. Lane, along with Tou Thao and...
  • Young People Of Color (By Young People of Color) Are The Most Frequent Victims Of Gun Homicides

    01/06/2020 7:53:42 PM PST · by Perseverando · 28 replies
    WNPR.org ^ | November 25, 2019 | ADHITI BANDLAMUDI
    A new study breaks down those most vulnerable to firearm violence. Originally published on November 25, 2019 5:03 pm Overall crime in the United States has been declining since the early 1990s. But the same cannot be said for gun violence, which has seen a slight uptick in recent years. A new report from Boston University found that uptick has been led by an increase in homicides of young people — particularly of young black and Hispanic men. Gun Violence Is A ‘Complicated Problem’ Researchers at Boston University, led by Dr. Bindu Kalesan, looked at national gun violence data...
  • He walked into a Virginia Beach 7-Eleven for a Big Gulp. He ended up shooting 2 robbers, killing 1.

    09/04/2019 7:49:09 AM PDT · by csvset · 53 replies
    Pilotonline ^ | 29 August 2019 | Jane Harper
    It had already been a long and emotional day for the Virginia Beach man when he walked into a 7-Eleven store to buy a Big Gulp. He’d just been involved in a heated argument with his stepfather, and police had been called to the house. After talking to officers, it took him more than an hour to walk back to his conversion van, which was parked near his work. The vehicle wasn’t working at the time, but he’d been living in it for a few weeks. Once he got there, he realized his canteen was empty. “I said, ‘Well, it...
  • Barista tackles armed robbery suspect outside Lower Garden District coffee shop

    06/27/2018 12:24:44 PM PDT · by BBell · 10 replies
    https://www.nola.com ^ | 6/27/18 | Hanna Krueger
    As a kid, Paul Thomas was a huge fan of professional wrestling. But he said he never imagined he would have to put that passion into practice at his coffee shop job. However, on Tuesday (June 26), Thomas channeled his inner WWE to take down an armed robbery suspect outside of Mojo Coffee House at the intersection of Race and Magazine Streets in the Lower Garden District. "It was a wacky Tuesday to say the least," Thomas said. Around 11:40 a.m., a 32-year-old man arrived at the coffee shop to buy two iPhones listed on Letgo by 25-year-old Rodolfo Bartholomew,...