Stop and Frisk Shauna Hinchley CJ105 April 29 2013 Mr. Kagawa Stop and Frisk The stop and frisk is when a police officer stops a person‚ one he/she believes is suspicious individual‚ and with lawful intent‚ pats down in search of a hidden weapon in the suspect ’s clothing. It seems like a controversial law‚ arguable yet justifiable. How would you feel if you were stopped by a policeman? Probably scared‚ angry‚ and even confused? Of course‚ if you were innocent. What if you were a drug dealer
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was definitely due to policy change‚ as is 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
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My name is _________ and I am here to bring attention to the “Stop and Frisk Laws” and how they affect our youth and damage our society. Also through this exchange of information I hope to show how these type of laws go against our constitutional rights. First let’s ask what does Stop and frisk actually mean legally? “It’s the situation in which a police officer who is suspicious of an individual detains the person and runs his hands lightly over the suspect’s outer garments to determine if the
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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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The most famous case in U.S. history is the Terry v. Ohio . The Terry v. Ohio case raised many questions as to whether or not the search and seizure of Terry violated the Fourth Amendment. The police officials thought they would take action upon themselves into frisking and searching the men for what they could find‚ not acknowledging the rights of the people. The courts decision was 8-1‚ meaning that the search done by the officer was reasonable in the Fourth Amendment and the weapons that were
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Running head: Terry v. Ohio‚ 392 U.S. 1 Case Brief of Terry v. Ohio 392 U.S. 1 October 4‚ 2014 Facts At approximately 2:30 in the afternoon‚ while patrolling a downtown beat in plain clothes‚ Detective McFadden observed two men (later identified as Terry and Chilton) standing on a street corner. The two men walked back and forth an identical route a total of 24 times‚ pausing to stare inside a store window. After the completion of walking the route‚ the two men would
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Terry Fox Video Response Journal After watching the video and discovering a little more about Terry Fox with the guest speaker and all‚ it has reminded me once again about Terry’s courageous achievement. For many years‚ ever since I came to Canada‚ I learned about Terry Fox‚ ran the Terry Fox Run‚ Terry Fox fundraising for Cancer Research‚ watched videos about Terry during assemblies‚ and have discussed about Terry’s bravery; each time I hear about him‚ he never ceases to make me look back at
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Terry Fox was a young Canadian who was diagnosed with cancer and never lost his hopes. After he lost one leg due cancer he ran several hundreds of kilometers using an artificial leg‚ and started his journey raised money to cancer research. Terry Fox was the greatest Canadian of all time because he brought hope against cancer. I believe that his simple idea‚ Terry Fox fought for his beliefs and his efforts cost his life. The Terry Fox Foundation website inform that Terry Fox born in Winnipeg‚ Manitoba
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Rev. July 3‚1985 Terry Brothers (A) Terry Brothers Terry Brothers manufactured and sold a broad line of toys and games including highly popular board games under such trademarks as "Monopoly‚" "Clue‚" and "Risk‚" children’s games such as "Peter Rabbit‚" and "Winnie the Pooh‚" and card games such as "Rook." In addition‚ Terry Brothers produced action games‚ "Nerf" toys and balls‚ electronic toys and strategy games for older children and adults. In 1978 Terry Brothers produced over 75 toy and game
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doing so. Within On The Waterfront‚ Terry Malloy creates a misplaced and nervous figure‚ although he contrasts this when becoming much more confident to oppose the antagonist‚ Johnny Friendly. A conversation between Terry and Eddie shows that Terry is in fact “with [himself]” and not on any opposing side. This concludes that Terry does not follow the social norm and instead believes in his own moral sentiment that is not in favour of the longshoremen and the mob. Terry is also shown to be the only person
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