Monthly Archives: October 2020
ICE Agents Fraudulently Identifying Themselves as NYPD to Evade Warrant Requirements
Recent reports indicate that certain officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been fraudulently identifying themselves as New York Police Department (NYPD) officers or members of “narcotics squads,” and even actively lying to people, misinforming them that they are not ICE agents, in an attempt to get people to voluntarily let them into… Read More »
Appeals Court Suspends New Jersey’s First “Pilot” Criminal Trial Due to Potential for Juror Bias
In early October, oral arguments would have begun in New Jersey’s first socially-distanced (criminal) trial after Bergen County Judge Robert M. Vinci dismissed a motion to delay the trial in September due to concerns over the jury selection process and the various constitutional and civil rights issues associated with it. However, an appeals court… Read More »