The decision ofTerry v. Ohio(1968), created a president for police officers to pat down or “frisk” a suspect under certain conditions: such as when reasonable suspicion of a crime, or for the officers safety. This created what is known as a “terry stop”, or stop and frisk....
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He also promised to abolish the Department of Education, bring back stop-and-frisk policing, and give law enforcement immunity from prosecution, so be ready for that too. Question 6: What do we do next? Hakeem Jeffries will now become the leader of the opposition in Congress. And there is...
Stop and Frisk (Terry) The stop and frisk of a defendant was proper when he roughly matched the physical description that was given by an anonymous caller who reported a man in the area with a gun, was known to officers as a member of a violent gang, acted nervously and attempted to ...
Now the Trump campaign is said to be considering another, even more outrageous approach: In a thorough and deeply disturbing piece about the constitutional crisis that may await us between November 3 and the inauguration in January, theAtlantic’s Barton Gellman reports that the Trump campaign has...
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But Wells wondered whether such searches would hold up in court. “The question becomes, this statute, which has not been interpreted yet by the Supreme Court in light of the Constitution: Is it constitutional?” he said. “I don’t think they’ve been forced to justify the practice in ...