Roundup: Pittsburgh chief says city cops will ignore ban on trivial traffic stops; QI gone haywire; a horrifying jail death in Arkansas
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Here’s your roundup of criminal justice and civil liberties stories: Pittsburgh police chief says officers will continue to make trivial traffic stops despite a city ordinance barring the practice, because it’s good for officer morale. Which, frankly, is a pretty crappy thing to say about Pittsburgh police officers.
Hennepin County, Minnesota, seized a woman’s home over $15,000 in back taxes, sold it for $40,000, then kept the proceeds.
Foreclosure sales are really expensive.