on careless movements and the lack of proper self composure‚ seems to be justice to me. . (Gaines‚ 2012)"The precedent for the ever-elusive definition of a "reasonable" suspicion in stop-and-frisk situations was established in Terry v. Ohio (1968)" An Ohio detective by the name of McFadden‚ an older detective which held experience in the area‚ noticed two certain individuals acting peculiarly in the downtown beat. Actions such as passing by a store‚ peering into windows‚ and then repositioning
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remaining strong as one of the elite institutions for higher learning. Their athletic department is not their priority. Other school however‚ has a different mentality. Institutions who are excellent in academics such as the University of Florida‚ Ohio State University‚ University of Southern California‚ University of Virginia‚ Duke‚ University of Michigan and many more have exceled in their Athletic department. Part of the reason is their high efforts towards recruitment. These schools recruit
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illustrated when comparing population growth numbers by the increase in people actually stopped and those arrested. Current law allows police officers to conduct stop and frisk searches of persons based on reasonable suspicion‚ as determined by Terry v. Ohio where supreme court decisions determined that individuals can be searched not only for probable cause (where an individual is under suspicion of committing a specific crime) but also for reasonable suspicion (where an individual is thought to be taking
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impaired in any way in order to pull them over. So yes Officer Smith did have reasonable suspicion to pull the car over in the first place. 1. Was the “pat-down” of the driver legal? “Stop and frisk” was discussed in the case of Terry v Ohio from 1968. In the case an experienced plain clothes officer observed 3 men acting suspiciously in front of a store. The officer concluded that they were casing the store‚ preparing to rob it so he approached them. He identified himself as
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discriminate directly or indirectly at a specific race. Members of minority groups are more likely to be stopped and frisked than any other race in New York City. (source?) The stop and frisk policy was implemented after the Supreme Court case of Terry vs. Ohio‚ which ruled that an officer can perform a search on a person without a warrant‚ if the officer suspects that the person may be armed or dangerous. (source?) This case paved the way to one of the most controversial police procedures in New York-stop
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Stop and Frisk page2 Abstract This paper was written to take a look at both sides of the stop and frisk program. By examining both sides I hope to show the effectiveness of the program‚ but not to leave out the possible negative effects also. There is no doubt that this program has gain a lot of negative attention‚ the main controversial issue at hand is that the people feel that it gives the cops to much authority to stop anyone they can. This program is to believe that it is a way to
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drone. Problem III Prosecution side uses illegally collected evidence to get Foley arrested. The Prosecution used the evidence found in the home and car of Foley. This evidence was illegally collected as explained in other problems. In Mapp v. Ohio‚ the US Supreme Court holds that “evidence obtained in an illegal search and seizure in NOT admissible in a state trial‚ as well as a federal trial.” Problem IV Foley was not given a bail hearing. This violates the 14th Amendment which states that
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The The son of a sharecropper and therefore the grandchild of slaves‚ James Cleveland Owens was born James Cleveland Owens on Sept twelve‚ 1913‚ in Oakville‚ Alabama. Owens was the youngest of 10 kids‚ 3 ladies and 7 boys‚ born to Henry Cleveland Owens (a sharecropper) and mother Emma Fitzgerald in Oakville‚ Alabama‚ on Sep twelve‚ 1913. J.C.‚. once his new teacher asked his name (to enter in her roll book)‚ he said "J.C."‚ however due to his sturdy Southern accent‚ she thought he same "Jesse". The
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have been used in a crime resulting in the death of a police officer. This gave Officer Smith reasonable suspicion to believe that a crime there may have been some criminal activity involving the vehicle‚ the driver or both. The 1968 case was Terry v. Ohio (392 U.S. 1) deemed that an officer may pat down a person for weapons only if the officer has the additional reasonable suspicion that the pat down is necessary for safety reasons. Since a vehicle similar to the vehicle that Officer Smith had stopped
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Stop and Frisk Introduction Police Officers work for many hours and most of those hours are stopping people on the street to see what they carry. Stop and frisk is “One of the most controversial police procedures is the stop and frisk search. This type of limited search occurs when police confront a suspicious person in an effort to prevent a crime from taking place. The police frisk (pat down) the person for weapons and question the person‚” (Farlex‚ 2008‚ pg. 1). How stop and frisk became
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