It was a scene right out of a Hollywood movie. ... teams from the OCSO descended on multiple target locations... With some team members dressed in ballistic vests and masks, and with guns drawn, the deputies rushed into their target destinations, handcuffed the stunned occupants - and demanded to see their barbers licenses... We first held 19 years ago that conducting a run-of-the-mill administrative inspection as though it is a crminal raid... violates clearly established 4th Amendment rights... We reaffirmed that principle in 2007... Today, we repeat that same message again. We hope that the third time will be the charm... ... Upon discovering that barbering without a license is a 2nd-degree misdemeanor under Florida law... Vidler became intrigued by the possibility of a collaboration between the Dept. of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) and OCSO, and spent over a month... developing a plan for a joint sweep operation... All of the targeted barbershops were businesses that serviced primarily African-American and Hispanic clientele... The sweep occurred as follows: Two plain clothes officers initially entered... several of the customers in the shop were children. Shortly after... a whole bunch of police cars pulled in... Officers then rushed into Strictly Skillz like a SWAT team. ... Some donned masks and bulletproof vests and had their guns drawn. ~ 11th Circuit Court of Appeals
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 19:06:54 +0000
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