Perspective
Jul. 6, 2016
Unlawful stops legitimized after the fact?
A stop led to a request for ID, which led to a call to a police dispatcher, which led to a search for outstanding warrants, which led to the discovery of an unpaid traffic ticket, which led to a physical search and the discovery of paraphernalia. By Marc Rotenberg
The police officer who stopped Edward Strieff outside a residence in Salt Lake City had neither reasonable suspicion nor Terry-like circumstances. But the stop led to a request for identification, which led to a call to a police dispatcher, which led to a search for outstanding warrants, which led to the discovery of an unpaid traffic ticket, which led to an arrest and then a physical search, and then to the discovery of...
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