NYPD to Innocent Business Owners: Give Up Your Rights or Get Shut Down ................................................... InstituteForJustice Published on Oct 12, 2016 ....................................... You can help the Institute for Justice help Sung Cho and others like him fight for Constitutional rights: https://ij.org/sungcho. When undercover NYPD officers offered to sell stolen electronics to customers at Sung Cho’s laundromat, near the northern tip of Manhattan, Sung never imagined the sting operation could be used as a pretext to shut down his business. But that’s exactly what happened. Attorneys for the city threatened Sung with eviction merely because a “stolen property” offense had happened at his business. The city presented Sung with a choice: See his business shut down or sign an agreement giving up constitutional rights—including his Fourth Amendment right to be free from warrantless searches of his business. Faced with the imminent closure of his laundromat, Sung had no real choice but to sign. In New York City today, this experience is all too common. Under New York City’s so-called nuisance eviction ordinance—more appropriately termed a “no-fault” eviction ordinance—residents and business owners can be evicted simply because their home or business was the site of a criminal offense. Under the ordinance, the identity of the criminal offender is irrelevant. You can be evicted because a total stranger (or a friend or family member) decided your home or business was a good place to commit a crime. City attorneys churn out no-fault eviction filings by the hundreds, relying on form templates and little more than NYPD officers’ say-so that the targeted home or business was the site of a crime. In many cases, the “proof” of the alleged criminal offense is an affidavit from an NYPD officer relaying vague allegations from unnamed confidential informants. Moreover, under the ordinance, occupants of the home or business can be evicted without any notice. After being summarily evicted, occupants have just days to put together a case to persuade a judge to undo the eviction order. City attorneys routinely offer to drop these no-fault eviction proceedings if occupants agree to waive their constitutional rights. Some, like Sung, are forced to sign agreements waiving their Fourth Amendment rights. Others are forced to sign agreements barring family members from the home—including family members who have not been accused of any crime. Now, Sung is joining with other victims of the city’s conduct to bring a federal class action lawsuit challenging the city’s no-fault eviction ordinance. If the lawsuit is successful, past waivers of constitutional rights will be declared unenforceable and, going forward, this practice will be put to an end once and for all.............................. http://ij.org/case/new-york-city-evic... ...................................... Category Nonprofits & Activism

North Carolina gun law: What it does and how it passed ............................................ WFMY News 2 ............................. Youtube ................ Mar 29, 2023 .......................... With an override of Gov. Roy Cooper's veto, there is a new law about guns in North Carolina. The changes break down into three categories. How you can buy a gun. Where you can take the gun, and how to store the gun. Read more here:https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/new... ........................................... Posted on 04/04/23 ........................................................ Source WFMY News 2...........Youtube-Bing Images ....

New NC laws going into effect on Jan. 1, 2023 ...................... WCNC ............................. Dec 30, 2022 ........................................... People across the Carolinas are ringing in the new year this weekend and looking ahead to what's to come in 2023. With the new year comes new laws in North Carolina that go into effect on Jan. 1. ..................................... Posted on TSMJ on 03/16/23 ...................Source WCNC/Youtube/Bing Images ..

Chase customers outraged after reports of scams continue | FOX 13 Seattle .................................................... FOX 13 Seattle ............................................ Feb 15, 2023 ................................... Chase Bank customers are outraged after they say thousands of dollars have been taken from their accounts and say they're not getting any help. .............................................................. Posted on TSMJ on 06/19/23 ..........................................Source FOX 13 Seattle-Youtube-Bing Images.......

More Chase Customers lose money to ATM thieves using glue, 'tap' feature to steal ........................... ABC7 News Bay Area ................................. Mar 10, 2023 #fraud #theft #money .............................................. A 7 On Your Side story about a new type of ATM fraud has exploded on the internet: scammers using glue and the ATM "tap feature" have been draining bank accounts. Now more victims have come forward saying it happened to them, too. https://abc7ne.ws/3LiL2n0 #fraud #theft #money #atm #chase #bank #abc #abc7news ........................................... Posted on TSMJ on 03/11/23 ................