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    Stop and Frisk “NYPD’s controversial Stop and Frisk policy ruled unconstitutional” by Kerry Wills‚ Robert Gearty‚ and Stephen Rex Brown; which was polished January 8th‚ 12013. A major part of “Stop and Frisk’ in New York City is‚ NYPD is that it’s unconstitutional. The community feels that people feel that there is racial issue towards stopping and frisking. Manhattan Federal Court Judge Shira Scheindlin ordered police to reduce the amounts of trespass and abusing their power to frisk everyone

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    the use of a warrant? This is the case with DLK. DLK was a grower of illegal marijuana. The government used a thermal imager to scan the house without a warrant in order to find the necessary heat to grow marijuana. The government should’ve had a search warrant to use a thermal imager. DLK did not reveal his actions to the public‚ the heat could not be seen with the naked eye‚ and the evidence could not have been easily removed. DLK had a reasonable expectation of privacy for his actions (Document

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    Is a person’s sudden flight from identifiable police officer‚ patrolling a high crime area‚ suspicious to justify the officer’s stop and frisk of that person? This was the question that the justices of the Supreme Court were asking themselves when they heard the case of Illinois v. Wardlow on the date of November 2‚ 1999. A few things happened in the U.S. government in 1999. In January‚ Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial began. Clinton would later be acquitted in February. In March‚ the

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    Racial profiling has always been a major topic and‚ still is today. Due to constant media attention‚ racial profiling remains the most talked about. It receives the most attention online and‚ remains the most debated about in our legal system. Racial profiling is one topic like so many others‚ that stands out in the U.S. Racial profiling was an act that was put in place by the government. This act was enabled to help law enforcement‚ keep the peace and‚ most importantly‚ prevent crime. Due to the

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    The action of the police officers were completely wrong‚ both legally and morally. The officers violated Antonio Richard Rochin’s 4th‚ 14th and 5th Amendment rights. The officers never obtained a warrant to enter and search Rochin’s residence; therefore‚ making any evidence discovered inadmissible in court. In addition they violated Rochin’s 4th Amendment rights‚ and no one should have their home broken into by those who’s jobs are supposed to protect us based on some hearsay evidence. It would be

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    Did the police conduct a lawful search and seizure under the guidelines described in the text. Explain why or why not. o   Was the suspect’s Fourth Amendment rights violated?   •        Was it reasonable? •        Was there probable cause?   o   What evidence in the case study led you to this conclusion? o   What about the arrest was conducted in a proper manner? In an improper manner? o   When did

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    “ The right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ houses‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ shall not be violated‚ and no warrants shall issue‚ but upon probable cause‚ supported by oath or affirmation‚ and particularly describing the place to be searched‚ and the persons or things to be seized.”(Madison‚1789) The 4th Amendment is giving

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    Scott R. Harvey Reasonable Suspicion Versus Burden of Proof in Current Policing Criminal Investigation 12S-CRJU-C312-A51 Dennis Thornton 14 January 2012 Abstract This paper will show how current “Stop and Frisk” (Terry Stop‚ SQF) methods exercised presently diverge greatly from the initial precedent allowed in Terry v. Ohio (1968) due to the inability to concretely define reasonable suspicion as well as the broad applications of reasonable suspicion since 1968. The most notable current

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    be impermissible and abolished because it is unconstitutional and individuals are stopped based off appearance and not on evidence that proves there guilty. Under the U.S constitution‚ the 4th amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures such as “Stop and Frisk”. The “Stop and Frisk” law allows police officers to stop someone if they have reasonable evidence‚ but tribunes are abusing that power by stopping individuals based off seeing furtive movements and not on actual evidence

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    to protect the constitutional rights of a person such as liberty of property‚ deprived of life‚ and right to worship any religion. The exclusionary rules are included in the Fourth Amendment which is to protect citizens from illegal searches and seizure. As such‚ it prohibits police officers to use evidence

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