Secret
Court Issued 2,176 Warrants in 2006 (NewsMax.com
05-01-07) Lady Liberty says: She appreciates
that at least some requests are running through a court. But she's
more than a little concerned that such a high percentage are approved.
It makes her wonder if the court offers less oversight than it does
a rubber stamp...
April
27, 2007 UPDATE
Police
officer, ex-officer plead guilty in woman's killing (AP via CNN
04-26-07) Lady Liberty says: This remains
one of the most appalling stories she can recall. The only good news
here is that those cops are going to pay for what they did. If the
lesson here proves cautionary to other cops, so much the better.
April
25, 2007 UPDATE
Passenger
Rights Pondered by Court (AP via My
Way News 04-25-07) Lady Liberty says:
We'd better hope that the Supreme Court agrees with the California
court that overturned the conviction of the man at the heart of this
case. If not, it essentially means we give up our Fourth Amendment
protections everytime we're not behind the wheel. She doesn't for
a minute believe that that's reasonable — or constitutional.
April
24, 2007 UPDATE
Statewide
speed-enforcement planned (The Arizona Republic via Freedom's
Phoenix 04-24-07) Lady Liberty says:
She's appalled. We're rapidly becoming an almost total surveillance
society, and despite that more crime-ridden as well. She thinks cops
should stop surveilling everybody and concentrate only on
those for whom surveillance is warranted (literally and figuratively).
April
17, 2007 UPDATE
Man
says traffic camera falsely accused him (The
Daily News 04-15-07) Lady Liberty says:
Basically, in addition to being needlessly invasive, susceptible to
deliberately (or accidentally) bad programming, and potentially a
greater danger than a safety measure, the cameras are also not entirely
reliable. Gee, imagine her surprise. <cough>
