Word: fourth
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...whites, Guiliani's improved "quality of life" may be manifested in the form of cleaner streets, fewer "broken windows" and a marked decline in subway turnstile jumpers. For blacks and latinos, it means--at best--routine harassment and frisks with decreased Fourth Amendment rights. At worst, it means 41 shots by four heavily armed policemen for the crime of being black and carrying a wallet...
...policing in New York was made possible by a string of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions that have increased police discretion and permitted law enforcement agents to circumvent the spirit of the Fourth Amendment's protections against unreasonable searches and seizures and the Fourteenth Amendment's assurance of equal protection. In only the most upsetting of recent string of decisions, the court ruled in Whren v . U.S. that the police were not out of line when they used a minor crime as a pretext for stopping someone whom they found suspicious without an articulable basis for that suspicion. Writing...
...cases, the court has upheld Fourth Amendment rights, but only in striking down the most outrageous and vague ordinances. On the whole, the court is not limiting discretion so much as teaching police departments the rules. In Whren and Weaver, the court is sending a strong signal to cities that they will give broad latitude to racial profiling. Tell me a story, they say. Make it borderline believable, and we will deny motions to dismiss on the basis of Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment challenges when minorities claim unreasonable searches and discriminatory treatment...
...fourth panelist, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne spoke last, offering a historical perspective on the issue...
...Once again, Broughton provided one of the most exciting matches of the day, taking her opponent to three sets before securing the win in the fourth seed. Broughton dug out a 7-6 victory in the first set, but stumbled in the second, losing to Eagles' co-Captain Mercedes del Valle 5-7. She regained her momentum in the final set, soundly defeating del Valle...