US EditionLocal DC Cases Are Landing in Federal Courts. A Judge Says the Results Are Problematic
Judges have suppressed multiple search warrants citing illegal searches during protests, complicating prosecutions amid increased federal law enforcement presence in DC, court records show.
- A magistrate judge severely criticized the federal government for illegally searching and detaining people in Washington, D.C., calling it "the most illegal search I have ever seen in my life."
- Hundreds have been arrested in the nation's capital since President Trump's crime crackdown, with many cases improperly landing in federal courts that would typically be handled by local authorities.
- Lawyers believe the government is prosecuting lower-level cases that don't belong in federal court, leading to violations of rights and illegal detentions.
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Judge faults DC crackdown cases
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Local DC cases are landing in federal courts. A judge says the results are problematic
Citing “the most illegal search I have ever seen in my life,” a magistrate judge is upbraiding the federal government for the way it has handled arrests in the District of Columbia this month and says the possible effects — violations of rights and the potential for illicit detentions — are not legally acceptable.
Judge Rules Black Man Was Unlawfully Arrested In DC Amid Trump's Federal Takeover Of Law Enforcement
Source: The Washington Post / Getty Well, well, well — it has been less than three weeks since President Donald Trump militarized the police in Washington, D.C., as part of a federal takeover after lying about crime being on the rise in the district, and — wouldn’t you know it — Black people in D.C. are already having their civil rights violated. According to NPR, on Monday, a federal judge dismissed a weapons case against a Black man held in th…
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