In New York Magazine, Professor Bennett Capers discusses the possible legality of the NYPD conducting vehicle checkpoint searches in the vicinity of Times Square and other New York landmarks in response to the attempted terrorist act in Times Square last week. The article is titled “The Siege We Live With.”

EXCERPT:

Next up might be car checkpoints, in Times Square and elsewhere. “You could start to see an increased police presence on the ground,” says Kris Coleman, a former FBI agent and CIA officer who runs his own security firm. “You might see the occasional vehicle checkpoint as well.” In Times Square, “the primary purpose would be to keep this landmark area safe from explosives—not arrest people,” says Bennett Capers, a law professor at Hofstra. “Legally, it’s probably fine. It passes the special-needs test.”

Read the full article at nymag.com.