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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, …

 

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