Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Bigs from the North
Yes the ACLU was helping to defend the druggie - Roy Caballes. I hope everyone that disagrees with this ruling knows they are agreeing with the ACLU. The defenders of Druggies.

["The deployment of drug-sniffing dogs cannot be justified by the legitimate investigative needs of a routine traffic stop," said Steven R. Shapiro, Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union. "A trained dog will add nothing to the evidence of a broken tail-light nor assist in determining how fast a motorist was driving. It is, however, an invitation to racial profiling"

The ACLU submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in the case on behalf of Roy Caballes...]

Ref to:
http://www.aclu.org/court/court.cfm?ID=17003&c=286
357 posted on 01/24/2005 12:29:40 PM PST by rushfreedom
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies ]


To: rushfreedom
"Yes the ACLU was helping to defend the druggie - Roy Caballes. I hope everyone that disagrees with this ruling knows they are agreeing with the ACLU. The defenders of Druggies."

And see, that's the great thing about the United States of America - everyone has rights and there's always someone there to provide a rigorous defense of them.
404 posted on 01/24/2005 1:14:03 PM PST by NJ_gent (Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 357 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson