John Lauro, Jr. v. Michael Charles, the City of New York and the Police Department of the City of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit · Decided 2000-07-28

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CALABRESI, Circuit Judge: May the police constitutionally force an arrested person to undergo a staged “perp walk” for the benefit of the press, when the walk serves no other law enforcement purpose? We hold that such a staged perp walk exacerbates the seizure of the arres-tee unreasonably and therefore violates the Fourth Amendment. But we also hold that, because the Fourth Amendme…

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