Here’s yesterday’s WSJ lead editorial: “So we’re down to 14 or fewer out of 4.4 million, which hardly suggests a policy or custom at all. But let’s look a little closer at those 14. They include a February 2008 stop of David Floyd, the named plaintiff who, along with another man, was observed trying numerous keys and jostling a door in an area where a series of burglaries had recently been reported. Because burglary is often a violent crime, the judge thought the cops were justified in stopping and frisking the mens’ outer garments but went too far in checking Mr. Floyd’s pockets. Therefore the judge ruled that his Fourth Amendment rights had been violated. … In other stop instances, the judge makes clear that she ruled for the plaintiffs simply because she did not believe the police. Abandoning her pose of impartiality, the judge concludes her opinion with an appeal to the authority of—not the Constitution or some eminent jurist—but a newspaper column about Trayvon Martin.”—Wall Street Journal online.wsj/article/SB10001424127887324769704579008801707365912.html
Posted on: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 02:28:38 +0000
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