Civil Rights
Saying It’s Your Job Don’t Make it Right, Boss.
Sandoval v. Cty. of Sonoma,
2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 36147 (9th Cir. Dec. 21, 2018)
California Vehicle Code § 14602.6(a)(1) provides that a peace officer may impound a vehicle for 30 days if the vehicle’s driver has never been issued a driver’s license. Local
It’s Tricky: Entry gained by “ruse” ruled an illegal search
Whalen v. McMullen, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 30686 (9th Cir., October 30, 2018).
“And in the city it’s a pity ’cause we just can’t hide / Tinted windows don’t mean nothin’, they know who’s inside.”
Run-D.M.C., It’s Tricky, Raising Hell (Profile, 1986).
A state fraud
San Francisco has reversed course on use of lethal robots …for now
In a twist more closely resembling a Hollywood movie than reality, the San Francisco Police Department recently stood on the brink of employing bomb-toting robots authorized to deploy lethal force on members of the community. In late November 2022, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 8 to 3 in
