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Nov 12 2013

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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  • Mannie

    A panel of Manhattan federal judges says cops must now investigate anonymous 911 calls — before they can investigate the crimes being reported.

    That’s not what the Court said. They said an anonymous 911 call does not provide probable cause for a search. This is a good thing. We spend a lot of time bitching about bogus police raids and defective warrants leading to people being terrorized, dogs shot, etc. This has plugged one hole.

    They can still respond to a 911 call, photograph your cooling body, and send for the meat wagon.

    There is a sad part to that case, though. The NY Cops will probably destroy a perfectly good and valuable Luger.

  • IslandLifer

    Federal judges have lost all credibility and reputation for honesty, not the source pointing out the villain. This is EXACTLY why crimes go unreported. Our justice system is not the one put in place for us but rather a mockery of the law and a spit in the eye to every decent citizen. Ya, you had best leave NY. If not you had better prepare yourself to become renegade, there will be no justice otherwise.

  • Spurwing Plover

    Looks to me like the Big Rotten Apple needs to have that big ape rampage through the place again and especial demolish City Hall and its imperial corthouses

  • Cluebat

    Let it burn.

  • Guy23

    Protecting the criminals. I doubt YOU will protected tho

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  • Jester

    I carry a firearm because a police officer won’t fit in my pocket.

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