11. It began as a Phoenix area fax network alerting police and others about suspected criminals, and now serves seven states and has added programs against blight and crime. 12. Law enforcement is already allowed to follow a suspected criminal from one phone or Internet connection to another without getting a fresh warrant whenever the target switches lines. 13. Last week, for instance, vigilante villagers burned three suspected criminals alive in two separate incidents in Chiapas and Veracruz states. 14. Not the suspected criminal. 15. Once the FBI has obtained the appropriate warrant, the agency presents it to an ISP used by a suspected criminal. 16. Ordinary citizens lynch suspected criminals. 17. Police acknowledge that Shaka was not a suspected criminal or even a witness to a crime. 18. Since early March, vigilante groups have lynched more than a score of suspected criminals and would have killed several others if foreign troops had not intervened. 19. States of emergency are relatively common in Ecuador, giving police wider powers of search and seizure in pursuit of suspected criminals. 20. That effort will increase on Monday, with a police operation nationwide aimed at cracking down on suspected criminals and terrorists, including warrantless searches of homes and apartments. |