Why Do Police Stop And Search?
Farheen Iqbal
Political Science
Professor Homer
04/29/2015
Police stopping and Search (A)
Every American and immigrant has the constitutional right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure. Unfortunatly, The police often has power to stop and search which are suspected to have stolen or had done something that is illegal. It has been obvious policing tool since the government has given more power to them. However it had prevented criminal acts happening as police can stop and search anyone who they have reasonable suspicion of carrying weapons or stolen goods but it has become more common that police are stopping anyone who they think are suspicisious based on race and appereace. Stop and search on the streets has become extremely normal nowadays which police called a reasonable suspicious and what it seen as reasonable. First of all, they cannot stop and search at random, they must have reasonable ground for search and before they search, they must than identify themselves and they station they are, as well as the search of warrant. According to Bill of Rights, The purpose is started in the first ten amendments, the bill of right contains the right of freedom of religion, right to assembly, right to petition, right to be protected from unreasonable searches and seizures, right to bear arms, right …show more content…
An arrest is found to violated the fourth amendment because it was not supported by probable cause or a valid warrant. Question the police officer of the reason why he was kept for no reason was not the valid reason for the police officer to arrest him. After got arrested, and identify that he was not the person that they were looking for, They have release him from the station but this caused the big problem that his mother got a heart attack thinking that his son had done something that is illegal and the fact that she couldn’t see her in
Political Science
Professor Homer
04/29/2015
Police stopping and Search (A)
Every American and immigrant has the constitutional right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure. Unfortunatly, The police often has power to stop and search which are suspected to have stolen or had done something that is illegal. It has been obvious policing tool since the government has given more power to them. However it had prevented criminal acts happening as police can stop and search anyone who they have reasonable suspicion of carrying weapons or stolen goods but it has become more common that police are stopping anyone who they think are suspicisious based on race and appereace. Stop and search on the streets has become extremely normal nowadays which police called a reasonable suspicious and what it seen as reasonable. First of all, they cannot stop and search at random, they must have reasonable ground for search and before they search, they must than identify themselves and they station they are, as well as the search of warrant. According to Bill of Rights, The purpose is started in the first ten amendments, the bill of right contains the right of freedom of religion, right to assembly, right to petition, right to be protected from unreasonable searches and seizures, right to bear arms, right …show more content…
An arrest is found to violated the fourth amendment because it was not supported by probable cause or a valid warrant. Question the police officer of the reason why he was kept for no reason was not the valid reason for the police officer to arrest him. After got arrested, and identify that he was not the person that they were looking for, They have release him from the station but this caused the big problem that his mother got a heart attack thinking that his son had done something that is illegal and the fact that she couldn’t see her in