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Seventh Circuit: Officer's error not probable cause

A police officer's mistake of law cannot support probable cause to conduct a stop, the 7th Circuit held on July 17.In 2004, two Illinois police officers received an anonymous tip that a black male driving a maroon Buick possessed drugs and a handgun.After seeing a vehicle matching the description, they followed the vehicle. When the ...

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