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Interesting article. Here's the conclusion, from Wikipedia: "In late 2012, the ACLU announced a settlement in the case, under which police must now observe ri
by mratzloff 13y ago
Interesting article. Here's the conclusion, from Wikipedia:
"In late 2012, the ACLU announced a settlement in the case, under which police must now observe rigorous rules during traffic stops in Tenaha and Shelby County: traffic stops will be videotaped, and the officer must give reason for the stop and for suspicion of criminal activity. Drivers are to be advised that they can refuse a search, and dogs will no longer be used in conducting traffic stops. Property determined to have been taken improperly must be returned within 30 business days. Also, asset forfeiture revenue from traffic stops must be donated to non-profit organizations, or used to pay for the officer training required by the settlement."
For once, the good guys won, although (like usual) no one was charged criminally in connection with it.
- redblacktree 13y agoAlso, how many other towns have a similar operation ongoing?
- fnordfnordfnord 13y agoA lot of them. http://www.ij.org/images/pdf_folder/other_pubs/assetforfeituretoemail.pdf http://www.ij.org/images/pdf_folder/other_pubs/assetforfeitu...
- ceol 13y agoEveryone should donate to the ACLU, but try to give them a PO Box or something; their donation calls have crossed the line into "frustratingly annoying" more than once.
- jeremybencken 13y agoAnd Institute for Justice. They fight more of these on a pro bono basis than the ACLU does. http://www.ij.org/executive-summary-2 http://www.ij.org/executive-summary-2
- temp453463343 13y agoHey thanks for sharing that. Glad to see there is some diversity when it comes to civil liberties advocates. (not that there is anything wrong with the ACLU as far as I can tell) "Our four pillars of litigation are private property, economic liberty, free speech and school choice." - their website What's the deal with school choice? Seems kinda random One thing I wish advocacy groups allowed is donating towards narrower goals. For instance I support most of what the ACLU does, but I don't really care for their views on gay marriage and don't particularly want to fund that part. It would be great if I could donate to more specific parts of the organization (same goes for public radio, haha)
- rayiner 13y agoI would like to see organizations with narrower goals. The ACLU is great, but they have so much on their plate.
- hellerbarde 13y agoWow, even on HN, there are people that oppose gay marriage? That surprises me.
- gpvos 13y agoThere's quite some space between opposing something and not finding something important enough to fund activism in favour of it.
- mcv 13y agoACLU does quite a bit more than just support gay marriage, though. If they do a lot of things you think are great, and a few you're meh about, it's still good to donate. The people who donate primarily for the gay marriage fight don't get to earmark their money either.
- aestra 13y agoThere's other charities with a narrower focus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_to_Marry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_to_Marry