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Constitution does not require thorough police investigation into theft, judge rules
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Pointing to longstanding U.S. Supreme Court precedent that people are not entitled to the government’s protection from non-government actors, a federal judge dismissed a man’s claim that Lafayette police officers violated his constitutional rights by failing to adequately investigate the theft of his backpack. Ame Raphael Gilles Senawo alleged that when someone stole his backpack…


