Tag: TAC
Manufacturing Suspicion: The Traffic Stop of Kareem Spaulding
In Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806 (1996), the U.S. Supreme Court addressed the issue of pretextual traffic stops. On the evening of June 10, 1993, plainclothes vice-squad officers of the District of Columbia…
Orlando Attorney Refuses Police Request to Search Car
“No” means “no.” Right? Nope. Did you know there’s a caveat? “Unless you really want to search some guy’s car. In which case, ask them again while acting as though they had consented the first…
“Call Granny, bro! I’m going away for life!”
Regular viewers might remember Brent Gaines, the Universal Studios employee with no driver’s license who was arrested while driving his brother’s car back in 2018. At the time, the passengers in his car included his…
“That’s not weed shake. That’s asphalt!”
ORLANDO, FL  Orlando Police Department’s Tactical Anti-Crime Unit (“TAC”) was a street-level initiative that nominally focused on violent crime as well as crime trends identified by OPD crime analysts. Its practical reality was a…
