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A major concern with this case's ruling is that police conducting traffic stops may racially profile the stopped persons. [4] Similar to the controversy around New York City's Stop and Frisk program, some believe that the ruling in Whren will lead to an increase in racial profiling towards young African American males. [5]
Rodriguez v. United States, 575 U.S. 348 (2015), was a United States Supreme Court case which analyzed whether police officers may extend the length of a traffic stop to conduct a search with a trained detection dog. [1]
New Jersey State Police officer conducting a traffic stop on the New Jersey Turnpike. For practical purposes, a traffic stop is essentially the same as a Terry stop; for the duration of a stop, driver and passengers are "seized" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. The Supreme Court has held that drivers and passengers may be ordered to ...
The rules for stop and frisk are found in New York State Criminal Procedure Law section 140.50, and are based on the decision of the United States Supreme Court in the case of Terry v. Ohio [2] [3] About 684,000 people were stopped in 2011. [2] [4] [5] The vast majority of these people were African-American or Latino.
Officers who make a traffic stop and are shown the card are under pressure to let the holder off with a warning instead of a ticket. [53] [54] The pressure can be from fellow officers [53] and supervisors. [54] The cards have been issued in New York City, New Jersey, [53] Boston, [55] Los Angeles [56] and Philadelphia. [57]
Michigan Department of State Police v. Sitz, 496 U.S. 444 (1990) — sobriety checkpoints; Florida v. Bostick, 501 U.S. 429 (1991) — "as long as police do not convey a message, etc" Minnesota v. Dickerson, 508 U.S. 366 (1993) — plain view doctrine — incentive to frisk; Whren v. United States, 517 U.S. 806 (1996)Whren v. United States ...
United States v. Sharpe, 470 U.S. 675 (1985), was a legal case in which the Supreme Court of the United States clarified how long police are permitted to stop vehicles as part of an investigatory stop before it violates the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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