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MOURNING BANDS AND WEEPERS – Over 40 years in court litigation and I had no idea what these were.

Posted byDennis Reeve 9 September 20229 September 2022
https://sirhenrybrooke.me/2017/08/04/mourning-bands-and-weepers/
Posted byDennis Reeve9 September 20229 September 2022Posted inUncategorized

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HMMMM … I WONDER – “Would the result have been different if the accused had been a female, and one of the officers had been a male? However, Golden also recognizes that strip searches can be particularly traumatic for women and minorities, and so the analysis will not necessarily be identical across all genders and races of accused persons.” SO … NO.

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