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City of Indianapolis v. Edmond, No. 99-1030 (U.S. Supreme Court) (531 U.S. 32; 121 S.Ct. 447) (November 28, 2000) (Justice O'Connor)

In August, 1998, the Indianapolis Police Department began a practice of setting up roadblocks at random checkpoints - "to interrupt the flow of illegal drugs throughout the city," they said. The police didn’t even pretend to be concerned with protecting highway safety. As Judge Posner noted in his decision, this ...

 

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