1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i Amateur Strip-Club Arrests: Probable Cause & Qualified Immunity January 24, 2018 The Supreme Court overturned a lower court decision that had found a lack of probable cause, and had denied police officers quali
2、fied immunity for arrest of participants in a late-night, strip-club-like party held in a vacant sparsely furnished house. The case, District of Columbia v. Wesby, began when a neighbor called police to complain about loud noise coming from a party in a vacant house. When the police arrived, they fo
3、und several scantily clad women entertaining the party goers with money protruding from the clothes the women were wearing. The party goers claimed to have permission for the affair from “Peaches,” a woman who was not to be found in the house. As it turned out, the officers learned that Peaches was
4、neither the owner nor a tenant of the house, but had merely been in contact with the owner about the possibility of renting. The owner denied giving permission for the party. The watch commander on the scene then ordered the officers to arrest the party goers for trespassing. After charges were drop
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