Belleville News-Democrat Exposes Questionable Police
Tactics
Wednesday, December 11, 2002
A story that ran on Sunday of this week entitled,"Subject to Inspection" outlines a trend which is disturbing both conservatives and liberals, questioning a complete disregard for the 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The Belleville News-Democrat found:
On Tuesday of these week, a follow-up story revealed more details. Will Jordan, executive director of the nonprofit Equal Housing Opportunity Council told the Belleville News-Democrat said he would ask prosecutors in the U.S. attorney's office in Fairview Heights to contact the U.S. Justice Department to consider looking into how Belleville enforces its occupancy laws.
The newspaper quoted Belleville Police Chief Terry Delaney as saying,
"Enforcing the city's overcrowding laws by inspecting homes without getting a
search warrant and ticketing residents who do not allow searches will
continue." |