Appeals court: DC police checkpoints unconstitutional, lower court must reconsider

Full story: Philadelphia's WB 17

A federal appeals court said Friday that police checkpoints in a crime-plagued Washington neighborhood are unconstitutional and ordered a lower court to reconsider its refusal to block the program.

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