When cops don’t know the law, a heartbreaking deportation case, and charity donation bins … that speak!

Cops: http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/13/13-50745-CR0.pdf
Deportation: media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/13-1550P-01A.pdf
Charity bins: http://www.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf/15a0063p-06.pdf

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