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Court: Cops have the right to frisk everyone
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Mark A. Taff
Website: http://www.marktaff.com
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A Federal appeals court this week ruled that police officers are justified in frisking anyone they believe may have a weapon during a traffic stop without regard for whether the individual is legally armed.
The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a lower court in a 58-page ruling determining that officer safety should always trump personal privacy and the right to self defense. |
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dasing
(1/27/2017)
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| And, if they DON'T have probable cause, we can sue. That might give them a thought to ponder!! |
| Comment by:
PHORTO
(1/27/2017)
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Wrong, dasing.
This is ancient news.
[Wikipedia] Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court which held that the Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures is not violated when a police officer stops a suspect on the street and frisks him or her without probable cause to arrest, if the police officer has a reasonable suspicion that the person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime and has a reasonable belief that the person "may be armed and presently dangerous."[1]
It's called a "Terry Stop", and it has been legal precedent since 1968. |
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