Feb 10, 2020 | Drug Charges, Fourth Amendment, Police and Prosecutorial Misconduct
The ACLU of Kansas filed a class action lawsuit last month against the Kansas Highway Patrol, accusing them of a practice of intentionally and unconstitutionally prolonging traffic stops using what they call the “Kansas Two-Step” and other tactics to detain motorists...
Jul 4, 2019 | Criminal Defense, First Amendment, Police and Prosecutorial Misconduct
Cursing at a cop is protected speech. The United States Supreme Court and the South Carolina Supreme Court have made that clear for decades in a line of cases that arguably begins in 1942 when the US Supreme Court outlined the “fighting words exception” to First...
Jun 13, 2018 | Criminal Defense, Police and Prosecutorial Misconduct
A volunteer constable in Florence, SC fired eight rounds into a car, hitting the driver three times, during a traffic stop in a residential area last month. State Constable Christopher Bachochin was tagging along with two Florence police officers when they pulled over...
Aug 25, 2017 | Criminal Defense, Ethics, Police and Prosecutorial Misconduct
Not all police officers, and not all the time. They lie because they are human, and most humans lie when it is in their self-interest. They lie because they know that courts will accept their lies. They lie because they know there are no consequences, for them, for...
