People of color experience discrimination at every stage of the criminal justice system and are more likely to be stopped, searched, arrested, convicted, harshly sentenced, and saddled with a lifelong criminal record. This is particularly the case for drug law violations.
-Drug Policy Alliance
“Don’t let their words convict you, let your words give you conviction!”
Antoine Jones took a Federal Courtroom and turned it into a dialogue of equals, not a war of words, which was their goal. Thoughts manifest into words, words manifest into actions. That energy determined his fate. He learned to be the one that controls the energy, not the one controlled by it. The government wanted Jones back behind bars for life but he wanted his life back more! This is a project for the believers. Fight for what you believe in.
ANTOINE JONES VS THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
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Martin Austermuhle March 2013
“If you win this case there is nothing to prevent you from monitoring 24 hours a day the public movements of every citizen in the United States.”
-Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to
the United States’ federal government attorney
CIVIL RIGHTS
Jones vs Kirchner
We hope that you realize and take pride in the effect your efforts have had on the conduct of police officers. As a result of your complaint and the ultimate ruling by the DC Circuit in Jones v. Kirchner, searches conducted outside the time specified on warrants will subject the officer to civil liability in the entire D.C. area. This is a significant accomplishment, and a step toward greater law enforcement accountability.
Of your original claims against the defendant officers and agents, only two remain. They are (1) your knock-and-announce claim; and (2) your claim that the defendants exceeded the scope of the search warrant…. The third claim that was on appeal, regarding the timing of the search, will remain dismissed. Though the D.C. Circuit agreed that your claim stated a Fourth Amendment violation, it held that the defendants are entitled to qualified immunity……