Declan McCullagh reports: After six months worth of allegations of privacy invasions involving some of the largest Internet companies, it should come as no surprise that politicians are calling for new laws. The fact that it’s an election year probably made it inevitable. But an unusually lengthy Senate Commerce Committee hearing on Tuesday, titled “Consumer…
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Illegal Immigration Fingerprint Program, Secure Communities, Has Advocates Up In Arms
Ivan Moreno reports: The federal government is rapidly expanding a program to identify illegal immigrants using fingerprints from arrests, drawing opposition from local authorities and advocates who argue the initiative amounts to an excessive dragnet. The program has gotten less attention than Arizona’s new immigration law, but it may end up having a bigger impact…
Bronx Co. applies the wrong burden of proof making defendant prove no PC for warrantless arrest
John Wesley Hall climbs back up on the soap box to remind people where the burden of proof lies in a warrantless arrest: Defendant failed in his burden of showing that the police lacked probable cause to arrest him without a warrant. People v Bulgin, 2010 NY Slip Op 20290, 2010 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 3257…
Questions Surround Law That Limits Frisk Data
Al Baker reports: It was with a note of triumph that Gov. David A. Paterson, standing with lawmakers, civil libertarians and others, signed a bill last week halting the New York Police Department’s policy of keeping a computer database of people stopped by officers on the street but found to have done nothing wrong. But…