LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON — A search so blatantly illegal that a “high school student” would know it violated the Constitution. That’s how a federal magistrate judge described the search of a Washington, D.C., man who was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm last week during President Donald Trump’s takeover of the city’s police force. AdvertisementThe judge, Zia M. Faruqui, said from the bench in D.C. federal court Monday that the police had no reason to stop Riley — except for the color of his skin. He said evidence from illegal searches has been suppressed in several of the cases he has overseen since Trump’s takeover. The judge said the U.S. attorney’s office badly needs prosecutors who know the difference between an illegal search and a legal one.
