New York Judges Put Kibosh on Anonymous Tips
New Yorkers who haven’t made their plans to escape before Bill de Blasio takes office had better get busy. Even the possibility of law and order is already beginning to disintegrate:
A panel of Manhattan federal judges says cops must now investigate anonymous 911 calls — before they can investigate the crimes being reported.
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday overturned the conviction of an ex-con caught by cops carrying a gun in 2011 as two of the three judges on the panel found the anonymous tips the officers relied on didn’t offer enough “reasonable suspicion” for them to stop and search the defendant Joseph Freeman. …
“The fact that the call was recorded and that the caller’s apparent cell phone number is known does not alter the fact that the identity of the caller is still unknown, leaving no way for the police (or for the reviewing court) to determine her credibility and reputation for honesty — one of the main reasons tips from known sources are afforded greater deference than anonymous ones,” wrote Judge Rosemary Pooler, who, along with Judge Christopher Droney, supported reversing the conviction.
You might think that the felon being caught with a Luger would be confirmation enough of the tipper’s credibility. But credibility is not the point here. Empowering politically favored classes — criminals, for example — is the point.
With the courts already run by leftist kooks, imagine the havoc that will reign under de Blasio, who has made it clear than identity politics moonbattery will take precedence over public safety.
On a tip from Sean C.







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