The Minnesota Senate passed a bill on Thursday that would regulate the video evidence collected from police through the use of body cameras, but it appears the bill will face some opposition in the House. Similar to license plate reader legislation, it appears that both the Senate and the House are in favor of enacting some […]
Stop and Frisk Laws in Minnesota
It appears that Minnesotans continually had their 4th amendment rights infringed upon in 2014 through thousands of unjust “stop-and-frisk” maneuvers by police. Police are well within their rights to search a person so long as they have “a reasonable suspicion that the subject is committing a crime.” Now, we could sit here and write 5,000 […]
How Police Get You To Confess To A Crime You Didn’t Commit
You’ve all seen the way Hollywood portrays interrogations on television. A dark room, spotlight on the accused, maybe a little good cop-bad cop action. Now, that’s not exactly how interrogations go down in the real world, but police officers are very good at getting people to admit to things or to implicate themselves during these sessions. […]
St. Paul Police To Debut Body Cameras in 2016
St. Paul police officers will begin wearing body cameras as part of a pilot program in 2016, according to an agreement reached by the St. Paul city council on Wednesday. The council approved the pilot program with the hopes that it will reduce claims of police brutality and help preserve evidence. “[Police body cameras have] […]
Minnesota Bill Hopes to Make Government Spying Illegal
If Republican Senator Branden Petersen gets his way, any evidence collected through illegal NSA surveillance techniques would be inadmissible in Minnesota courtrooms. Senator Petersen recently introduced SF 33, which states: A government entity may not obtain personal identifying information concerning an individual without a search warrant. A court order granting access to this information must be issued […]
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