President Trump framed deployment of National Guard troops and federal agents in Washington, DC as enhancing public safety. Judges and defense attorneys raised alarm over law enforcement tactics that resulted in serious criminal charges against local residents. US Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui dismissed weapons charges against Maryland resident Torez Riley, calling the stop "without a doubt the most illegal search I've ever seen in my life." Body-camera footage showed officers searched Riley without probable cause, prompting the Department of Justice to drop charges after Riley had spent a week behind bars. Faruqui criticized the US Attorney's office for pursuing the arrest.
"We don't just charge people criminally and then say, 'Oops, my bad,'" US Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui said.
"without a doubt the most illegal search I've ever seen in my life."
"I'm absolutely flabbergasted at what has happened," Faruqui said. "A high school student would know this was an illegal search."
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