APFNHIGH COURT TO RULE ON POLICE ROADBLOCKSWed May 7 16:21:57 2003208.152.73.38HIGH COURT TO RULE ON POLICE ROADBLOCKS http://www.sierratimes.com/03/05/06/ap_article_1.htm May 06, 2003By The Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Monday it will give police clearerrules for using random roadblocks to track down criminals without violatingthe privacy rights of other motorists. The court will hear arguments nextfall on whether police can set up checkpoints to seek information about arecent crime, then arrest drivers for unrelated wrongdoing.Three years ago, justices curbed the use of random roadblocks for generallaw enforcement. Illinois, supported by 14 other states, asked the court toclarify how far police may go.Northwestern University law professor Ronald Allen said the case will besignificant, as justices ``either tighten up or loosen up the power of thegovernment to do a dragnet, stopping everybody.''The Supreme Court already has said officers may set up random sobrietycheckpoints to detect drunken drivers and border roadblocks to interceptillegal immigrants. But justices ruled in 2000 that roadblocks intended fordrug searches are an UNREASONABLE INVASION OF PRIVACY UNDER THECONSTITUTION. The court held that law enforcement in and of itself is not agood enough reason to stop innocent motorists.Under the court's rulings, roadblocks are allowed for emergencies, like theinterstate shutdowns during the three-week sniper shooting spree in theWashington, D.C., area last fall.The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that it was not an emergency in 1997 whenofficers stopped cars at an intersection outside Chicago to pass outleaflets seeking information about a fatal hit-and-run.The state court said police could not stop drivers at random every timethey needed tips about a crime.The court voided Robert Lidster's convictionfor drunken driving.Police set up the roadblock at the same spot and time of day that the hit-and-run took place. They hoped to find someone who used the route and hadseen the accident. Police stopped each car for 10 to 15 seconds - longenough to mention the accident and hand out a flier asking for help.Authorities said that when Lidster drove up he nearly hit an officer.Lidster's attorney, G. Joseph Weller, told justices that if the policewanted to seek information, they could have used other methods, likenewspapers and radio and television stations.Illinois state attorney William Browers argued in court filings that policeshould not be barred from ``performing their historic, normal and necessaryfunctions of trying to find witnesses to a known crime.''Richard Frase, a criminal law professor at the University of Minnesota,said roadblocks can help police in some crime fighting, but ``any time yourun a roadblock, you're inconveniencing a lot of innocent people.''The case is Illinois v. 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APFNHIGH COURT TO RULE ON POLICE ROADBLOCKSWed May 7 16:21:57 2003208.152.73.38HIGH COURT TO RULE ON POLICE ROADBLOCKS http://www.sierratimes.com/03/05/06/ap_article_1.htm May 06, 2003By The Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Monday it will give police clearerrules for using random roadblocks to track down criminals without violatingthe privacy rights of other motorists. The court will hear arguments nextfall on whether police can set up checkpoints to seek information about arecent crime, then arrest drivers for unrelated wrongdoing.Three years ago, justices curbed the use of random roadblocks for generallaw enforcement. Illinois, supported by 14 other states, asked the court toclarify how far police may go.Northwestern University law professor Ronald Allen said the case will besignificant, as justices ``either tighten up or loosen up the power of thegovernment to do a dragnet, stopping everybody.''The Supreme Court already has said officers may set up random sobrietycheckpoints to detect drunken drivers and border roadblocks to interceptillegal immigrants. But justices ruled in 2000 that roadblocks intended fordrug searches are an UNREASONABLE INVASION OF PRIVACY UNDER THECONSTITUTION. The court held that law enforcement in and of itself is not agood enough reason to stop innocent motorists.Under the court's rulings, roadblocks are allowed for emergencies, like theinterstate shutdowns during the three-week sniper shooting spree in theWashington, D.C., area last fall.The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that it was not an emergency in 1997 whenofficers stopped cars at an intersection outside Chicago to pass outleaflets seeking information about a fatal hit-and-run.The state court said police could not stop drivers at random every timethey needed tips about a crime.The court voided Robert Lidster's convictionfor drunken driving.Police set up the roadblock at the same spot and time of day that the hit-and-run took place. They hoped to find someone who used the route and hadseen the accident. Police stopped each car for 10 to 15 seconds - longenough to mention the accident and hand out a flier asking for help.Authorities said that when Lidster drove up he nearly hit an officer.Lidster's attorney, G. Joseph Weller, told justices that if the policewanted to seek information, they could have used other methods, likenewspapers and radio and television stations.Illinois state attorney William Browers argued in court filings that policeshould not be barred from ``performing their historic, normal and necessaryfunctions of trying to find witnesses to a known crime.''Richard Frase, a criminal law professor at the University of Minnesota,said roadblocks can help police in some crime fighting, but ``any time yourun a roadblock, you're inconveniencing a lot of innocent people.''The case is Illinois v. Lidster, 02-1060.Copyright 2003 The Sierra Times============================================ Supreme Court to rule on constitutionality of police roadblocks http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20030505-1255-scotus-roadblocks.html ============================================= Learn the results of a 25 year investigation! Computer vote fraud! Journalists James and Kenneth Collier answer the question. “Why can't we vote the bastards out?” ---------- And the answer is: “Because we didn't even vote the bastards in!” http://www.freedomcenterusa.com/ ============================================== 1 - 10 of 138,550 Results for POLICE ROADBLOCKS News : http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=web&cs=iso-8859-1&q=POLICE+ROADBLOCKS&_sb_lang=en Justices weigh police roadblocks in crime probes - Chicago Sun-Times - Found: 2003-05-06, 10:20 GMT > News > Nation -- Supreme Court to rule on consti... - San Diego Union Tribune - Nation - Found: 2003-05-06, 01:39 GMT more news » CNN.com - Police: Shooting similar to sniper attacks - Oct. 11, 2002 ... Police: Shooting similar to sniper attacks Police: Lookout for white van with ... cars and their occupants at roadblocks. "We actually funneled ... traffic," said Virginia State Police Col. W. Gerald Massengill ... more hits from: http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/South/10/11/.../index.html - 44 KB The Tartan - Police roadblocks restrict more than drivers ... October 9, 2000 Police roadblocks restrict more than ... Constitution. These roadblocks usually consist ... following actions: The police, sometimes along ... has ruled that roadblocks looking for illegal ... roadblock route. A police car instantly chased ... http://thetartan.org/95/6/forum/172.asp - 16 KB Lexington Herald-Leader | 02/27/2003 | Police roadblocks symbolize loss of... ... KENTUCKY VOICES Police roadblocks symbolize loss of constitutional ... running the risk of roadblocks. We gave thanks for ... presumed innocent," for police forces that stopped ... that state and local police would do roadside checks ... http://www.kentucky.com/mld/heraldleader/news/.../5273364.htm - 50 KB The Seattle Times: Suspects' car cleared 5 police roadblocks ... Suspects' car cleared 5 police roadblocks By Newsday and ... least five times" at roadblocks put up immediately by police after many of the ... checked by various roadblocks after the shootings ... when scores of police, responding within ... http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/.../134563140_sniperstop26.html - 6 KB No Reasonable Basis For Police Roadblocks ... No Reasonable Basis For Police Roadblocks Date: 12/08/2000 ... supporting the use of police roadblocks "at the nation's borders ... women or young black men? Roadblocks are searches and seizures that the police conduct without any reasonable ... http://www.mapinc.org/letters/2000/12/lte67.html - 6 KB ABCNEWS.com : Sniper Slips Through Police Roadblocks ... Police fan out to stop and search vehicles near ... Comes Back Empty Washington Area Police Cast Wide Net After Sniper Attack, But ... through coordination among the multiple police agencies in the Washington area. But the ... Description: Washington area police cast a large dragnet after the latest sniper attack, but come up empty. http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/.../dragnet021015.html - 45 KB ABCNEWS.com : Sniper Slips Through Police Roadblocks ... Police fan out to stop and search vehicles near ... Comes Back Empty Washington Area Police Cast Wide Net After Sniper Attack, But ... through coordination among the multiple police agencies in the Washington area. But the ... Description: Washington area police cast a large dragnet after the latest sniper attack, but come up empty. http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/.../dragnet021015.html - 28 KB Supreme Court Strikes Down Police Drug Roadblocks ... Court Strikes Down Police Drug Roadblocks By James Vicini Link ... declared unconstitutional police roadblocks set up to catch drug ... be little check on the police to construct roadblocks for almost any conceivable ... http://www.rense.com/general5/supremecourt.htm - 7 KB Forensic-Evidence.com: Police Procedures / Roadblocks: Some Are Good, and Some Are... ... check on the kind of roadblocks or checkpoints police might organize, and ... arsons. Should the police have been allowed to set up roadblocks to obtain information ... after each crime, police could set up roadblocks with the specific ... Description: An information center in forensic science, law and public policy for lawyers, forensic scientists, educators, and public officials http://www.forensic-evidence.com/site/.../roadblocks.html - 17 KB Supreme Court restricts use of roadblocks by police ... Court restricts use of roadblocks by police Wednesday, November ... limited the power of police to use roadblocks to track down criminals ... constitutionality of roadblocks used to ferret out ... minimal -- even if police might not think a ... Description: The Columbus Dispatch - Columbus, Ohio's Daily Newspaper http://www.dispatch.com/news/newsfea00/nov00/512891.html - 10 KB
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