Metro Transit police have announced that they will soon will begin conducting random searches of passengers' bags and packages.
Flex Your Rights disputes the notion that citizens must prove their innocence in order to use public transit. Moreover, we have serious concerns that this territorial expansion of police search powers is doing grave damage to people's understanding of their Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures.
As innocent citizens become increasingly accustomed to being searched by the police, politicians and police agencies are empowered to further expand the number of places where all are considered guilty until proven innocent.
