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Reasonable Cause to Investigate Crimes: Protect Yourself

January 29, 2018March 17, 2023 - by Tim Baldwin - Leave a Comment

by Tim Baldwin In state and federal jurisdictions, police cannot investigate supposed or perceived criminal activities without reasonable suspicion or cause. If police violate this rule of law and arrest …

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FBI and Oregon Police Killed a Political Dissident

January 29, 2018March 17, 2023 - by Tim Baldwin - Leave a Comment

As an introduction to my thoughts on Lavoy Finnicum’s killing in Burns, Oregon, consider my article published in the Flathead Beacon‘s Two For Thought weekly Opinion section: The FBI and Oregon police killed …