Supreme Court limits detention powers in police searches

[police brutality]

By Mark Sherman Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has limited the power of police to detain people who are not at home when their residence is to be searched. By a 6-3 vote Tuesday, the justices sided with a Long Island, N.Y., man who was picked up about three-quarters of a mile away from his apartment as police searched it for a gun. Justice Anthony Kennedy said in his opinion for ...

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