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jiggy2011
on Sept 7, 2014
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The Silk Road statement: Where are the packetlogs?
Because otherwise there would be little incentive for cops to follow the 4th amendment.
xorcist
on Sept 7, 2014
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Are there really no other juridicial consequences for breaking what I understand to be a constitutional law?
Perhaps there need to be. Perhaps consequences much more severe than letting a criminal walk free.
jiggy2011
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But who would enforce those consequences? The same cops who benefit from the illegal evidence?
xorcist
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No, of course not. Separate policemen who specialize in this. It's not different from any other police misconduct.
jiggy2011
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What happens if you get public pressure to cut their funding because the are seen to be hindering?
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