• sylver_dragon@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      What?!? No. This isn’t “Stop and Frisk”! They are just going to halt and search people.

      Hochul is ordering a force of nearly 1,000 people, comprised of 750 National Guard members, state police and MTA officers, to conduct bag checks at some of the busiest stations.

      Shirley, this won’t end up being done in a biased way. No way, not ever…

      /s

      • jjagaimo@lemmy.ca
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        4 months ago

        Bias is not the point - not that I doubt it will happen. The 4th amendment protects from any search by the government or those acting on their behalf, without a warrant or a qualifying exemption (e.g. probable cause, consent). Simply possessing a bag is not enough cause to justify a search without consent.