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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The DC Court of Appeals just issued an awful 4th Amendment decision making it more difficult to prosecute gun possession cases. Terrible. The police saw a person very suspiciously remove a coat as if he wanted to conceal something in the pocket. They looked at the coat and there was a gun inside. This was ruled to be unconstitutional and guy goes free. https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/2024-01/Champion%20v%20US%2018-CF-1128.pdf

Of course after this arrest, the defendant Juwan Champion was later charged in a big drug trafficking case: https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/four-men-charged-drug-trafficking-conspiracy-including-two-charged-possession-machine-gun[/quote]

Same guy just plead guilty last month to robbing a pharmacy van:
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/final-defendant-pleads-guilty-armed-robbery-pharmacy-van[/quote]

I can’t get over how the judges decided that the fact that the dude was in a high crime area, acting nervous, and took off his coat looking like he had something to hide, was NOT “reasonable suspicion.” Of course it was reasonable, based on the fact that he *indeed found a gun.* I hope Trump appointed judges restore sanity here, which is something I never expected to say. [/quote]

They are following the precedent set by Judges Easterly and Deahl in their previous wacky 4th Amendment ruling earlier in 2023: 
https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/2023-04/T.W.%20v.%20United%20States%2C%2019-CF-0849.pdf

Deahl was appointed by Trump. And he definitely would've agreed with Easterley and Beckwith on this opinion. [/quote]

They’re letting the bad guys hold us hostage. Meanwhile the people who actually live in and near Potomac Gardens have to deal with regular shootings and carjackings. [/quote]

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