2000

COPS 'N DOPERS: IN ENGLISH Y ESPAÑOL

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COPS 'N DOPERS 2000: A  P E O P L E S   G U I D E   T O   F O U R T H
A M E N D M EN T  O R   H O W   T O   A V O I D   A   B U S T
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CAVEAT SINCE 911 AND THE PATRIOT ACT

Cops ‘N Dopers was originally published in 1977. In the year 2000, we did an update, contrasting what was in 1977 to what existed in the year 2000. Our Right to be left alone by the government had already taken major hits.

These invasions on our liberty foretold of a more oppressive future.

Maybe we would have gotten to where we are now on the slow track – taking however many years to get here. In any event, along came 911 and The Patriot Act. (I love that name – right out of Orwell). Suddenly, we’re in a very weird place.

The Patriot Act has changed the rules. It is a blueprint for oppression.

What this means to you is that, depending on your particular circumstance, the rules in Cops ‘N Dopers may not apply.

Pretty vague, heh?

This is where the present regime has gotten us.

So in view of this, why order Cops ‘N Dopers?

Here’s why: Because it will give you an idea of how the game is supposed to function. It will definitely give you some usable rules to protect yourself. It is published in English in English and Spanish side-by-side, page to page. So you can learn a language.

And it’s fun and it’s got some really cool art.

 
   This is the updated version of
our 1977 Publication which received favorable reviews
from both Playboy and High Times.The September 2000 edition of
High Times reviews the updated book favorably as well.
It is presented in both English and Spanish,with lots
of cartoons. It was relevant then it is clearly
relevant now.

Cops 'n Dopers 2000 uses cartoons and a game format to communicate the criteria whereby the state (usually the police) may intrude on your privacy. We try to give you the knowledge you need to help you to protect your privacy and to deal with confrontations should they occur, whether you are in your home, in your garden, in your car or in a public place.

This 2000 Millenium Edition is now available. For those of you who aren't clear on what the 4th Amendment is about here's a brief look:

The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution reads as follows: "Unreasonable searches and seizures. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."

This can all get pretty complex, but, to begin with, what this means to you is that if you are arrested, and if the evidence against you was seized (obtained, gotten) in violation of the Fourth Amendment, the state cannot use the evidence against you.

If this is all the evidence the state has, your case will be dismissed. This is often described as getting off on a "legal technicality" - a horribly misleading way to describe what is really a solemn judicial function. It makes it sound like someone rolled some otherwise inconsequential dice and came up with a random, ill deserved winner.

So why would we want to have a rule like that?

The reason is that the Fourth Amendment is the line between the government and the people. We the People have a right to be let alone by the government. The idea is that by denying the state the use of evidence it has seized, in violation of the Fourth Amendment, we are demanding that the state (usually through the police) follow the rules and we are saying that the judiciary is not going to be an accomplice when the state does violate those rules.

A quote from Justice Brandeis, dissenting in a U.S. Supreme Court case called Olmstead v. U.S., enunciates the rationale for our Fourth Amendment right to privacy, our right to be left alone by the government:

"The makers of our Constitution undertook to secure conditions favorable to the pursuit of happiness. They recognized the significance of man's spiritual nature, of his feelings and of his intellect. They knew that only part of the pain, pleasures and satisfactions of life are to be found in material things. They sought to protect Americans in their beliefs, their thoughts, their emotions and their sensations. They conferred as against the government, the right to be let alone - the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men."

So this is not lightweight stuff - the idea is that our right to be let alone by the government is significantly more important to us as a nation than the fact that some creep may end up avoiding well deserved jail time.

If we were to allow the state to use evidence obtained regardless of how it obtained it, we would open the door to abuses by the state of this precious right to be let alone-- "the right most valued by civilized men".



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