Name some of the legal restraints on police action, and list some types of behav

Legal restraints on the police help ensure individual freedoms in our society. There are safeguards against illegal searches and seizures where police must have probable cause in order to secure a warrant. If evidence is illegally seized, it will not be admitted as evidence in a criminal trial. Further, the courts found that evidence seized after, or because of prior illegally seized evidence, will also be excluded. The recent cases of Sean Bell, Amadou Diallo, Abner Louima, and Rodney King highlight abuses that have been perpetrated by police.