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Should the police be able to stop and frisk based on how they look?
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∙ 12y ago
It can depend. If you are referring to "profiling," no. But there are circumstances where a person's appearance, clothing and/or actions, are so out of 'synch' with the weather, the locations, the surroundings, etc., that they can raise the "resaonable suspicion" of an officer and they may "contact" you to further assess the situation.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 12y agoYes, if they have supposition that a citizen is doing any thing illegal, has possession of any thing illegal or has any warrant for their arrest they can stop and frisk persons, But if they stop persons based on race or sex they can not.
Another View: The above answer is only partially correct. Under the Supreme Court ruling in 'Terry v. Ohio' the police are given the authority to detain and question someone, and frisk their outer clothing for weapons. BUT - only when the police have articulable reasonable suspicion that something criminal is about to take place - is taking place - or has taken place.This applies to ANYONE - age/gender/race notwithstanding.
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