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CA7 affirms conviction for civil rights violation for racially motived searches by off-duty officers

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Defendant who went on a high speed chase for 20 miles and then got out of the car and ran on foot never submitted to the officers' show of authority. Defendant was finally caught up with as he was trying to break into a building in flight. United States v. Johnson, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 47365 (E.D. Pa. June 4, 2009).* A probation search could not be based on an unlawful stop and nervousness observed from that, because nervousness alone is not reasonable suspicion. Adkins v. State, 2009 Ga. App. LEXIS 645 (June 5, 2009).* The Seventh Circuit affirmed the conviction of off-duty Milwaukee police officers for violation of civil rights for unreasonable searches and seizures and excessive searches as a result of a racially motivated melee from 2004...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on June 10, 2009 (boomark / email).