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Video:

Video 1: The Disposable Life of a Confidential Informant
https://reason.com/reasontv/2015/06/15/the-disposable-lives-of-confidential-inf
Description: Andrew Sadek was bullied into becoming an informant by an unaccountable drug task force. When he turned up dead, police washed their hands of him.

Video 2: Former FBI Assistant. Director Michael Cohen Raid Required Substantial Probable Cause
https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/watch/fmr-fbi-asst-dir-michael-cohen-raids-required-substantial-probable-cause-1206702147538
Description: Former FBI Assistant Director Frank Figliuzzi reacts to the FBI raid of Trump attorney Michael Cohen’s residence and business.

Audio:

Audio 1: ICE Detained the Wrong Peter Brown
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/18/677780624/ice-detained-the-wrong-peter-brown
Description: This interview provides some insight into the story of Peter Brown, who was detained by ICE by mistake and without probable cause.

Audio 2: University Suspends Confidential Informant Program
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2015/02/09/umass-informant-program
Description: The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, announced last month that the school’s police force would stop using students as confidential informants. The decision came after the October 2013 death of a confidential informant known only as “Logan.”

Web:

Web 1: Probable Cause
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/probable_cause
Description: Cornell Law School overview of probable cause.

Web 2: Exigent Circumstances
http://www.lectlaw.com/def/e063.htm
Description: This website provides the legal definition of exigent circumstances.