CNN.com – Police stop Amtrak train in Newark – Jul 22, 2004
Police stopped Amtrak train 170 Thursday in Newark, New Jersey, for what Amtrak called “police activity” after a note was found in a
bathroom, an Amtrak official said.
The train was allowed to continue its Washington-to-Boston trip after a search. …
“The
passengers were kept on the train … and there was a check of passengers’ IDs,” Stessel said. “Because so many passengers on that
particular train use monthly passes, it was important that we understood exactly which passengers were on that train, and so when police
conducted their investigation, they wrote down the names and ID information of everyone onboard.” …
[An Amtrak spokesman] referred
to the police activity as a “routine sweep.”
A passenger on the train, Jeffrey Rodgers, told CNN that officers with dogs
came onto the car where he was riding. He said they also videotaped the car and its passengers. …
Amtrak said the train was
carrying around 800 passengers.
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Amendments to the Constitution
Article
[IV.]
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.
”They who would give up an
essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security.” — Benjamin Franklin