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Most traffic-stop searches triggered by police dogs wrong and biased

2 points| ck2 | 15 years ago |chicagotribune.com | reply

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[+] TNO|15 years ago|reply
"...only 44 percent of those alerts by the dogs led to the discovery of drugs or paraphernalia [...] For Hispanic drivers, the success rate was just 27 percent.".

Seems like a significant percentage to me on both accounts. I don't see how the words "only" and "just" are justified.

[+] locopati|15 years ago|reply
For the other 56% (or 73%) that you've inconvenienced with unconstitutional searches (regardless of what the courts have decided, these violate the 4th amendment pretty clearly), words stronger than 'only' and 'just' are appropriate.