by cgod

Police officers conducted an illegal search when they descended on a Florida barbershop like "a scene right out of a Hollywood movie," in bulletproof vests and masks, with guns drawn, merely to check the barbers' licenses, the 11th Circuit ruled. On August 21, 2010, after more than a month of planning, teams from the Orange County Sheriff's Office descended on multiple target locations," the 44-page opinion begins. "They blocked the entrances and exits to the parking lots so no one could leave and no one could enter. With some team members dressed in ballistic vests and masks, and with guns drawn, the deputies rushed into their target destinations, handcuffed the stunned occupants - and demanded to see their barbers' licenses.