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“But I barely touched them.” After a battery arrest in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, or elsewhere in Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties, that reaction is common. Many people are shocked that anyone was arrested at all. In Florida, battery can mean many things, and it does not require a significant injury. A touch can be enough.…

Autonomous Vehicles have the potential to dramatically alter the legal landscape. Although traffic stops are not systematically tracked around the country, it is reported by OpenPolicing.Stanford.edu that “Police pull over more than 50,000 drivers on a typical day, more than 20 million motorists every year.” Further, in 2017 alone, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration…