Got another win under the belt today. It was the racial profiling case. (See the post "Racial Profiling" below.) Quick facts: our guy is 28 years old. The cops nevertheless stopped him for a suspected curfew violation -- they thought he was under 18. Even when he showed them his ID, they still didn't believe him, and did a search. I am not making this up.
I wrote the motion to dismiss the case based on the fact that the crack had been discovered after an illegal pretextual stop. We showed up for the hearing today. The prosecutor met with us and said she had read my motion. She then asked to see our guy's booking photo. We produced it, she took one look, and that was it. Case dismissed. She knew that she didn't need to bother taking it to the judge -- her case was DOA. I'm glad she did the right thing and acknowledged that in this country, cops are not allowed to stop someone simply because they feel like it.
Nice try, cops.
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