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EFF, ACLU Bring Class-Action Suit Over Warrantless Searches At Border

Homeland Security officers improperly searched laptops and smartphones without warrants from people entering the country, 10 U.S. citizens and one green card holder claim in a federal class action Wednesday.
A group representing several Muslims and people of color, the plaintiffs include a military veteran, journalists, students, an artist, a NASA engineer and a business owner.

Stanford Researchers Find Police Bias when Searching Blacks and Hispanics

A Stanford research study about police bias in traffic stops is getting increasing buzz.
Professor Sharad Goel along with graduate students Camelia Simoiu and Sam Corbett-Davies analyzed data from 9.5 million traffic stops from 287 police departments in North Carolina in their article Testing for Racial Discriminationin Police Searches of Motor Vehicles (pdf).
Sharad Goel from 5harad.com