Community | May 28, 2010 | 4 comments

Mass. Supreme Court Rules Police Need Reasonable Suspicion for Frisks

"throwing out two unrelated cases, the highest court ruled that police may not frisk someone during a routine encounter unless they have reasonable suspicion to believe that the person is BOTH involved in criminal activity AND is armed and dangerous...that police may not escalate a consensual encounter into a protective frisk..."

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/05/28/sjc-rules
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    Community,   Crime,   Law and Justice
  2. tags:
    Police Abuse,  search and seizure,  SUPREME COURT DECISION
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4 comments // Mass. Supreme Court Rules Police Need Reasonable Suspicion for Frisks

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