US Supreme Court Says Passenger Can Be Frisked
Mon, Jan 26, 2009 7:37 pm
Source: boston.com
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court ruled Monday that police officers have leeway to frisk a passenger in a car stopped for a traffic violation even if nothing indicates the passenger has committed a crime or is about to do so.
The court on Monday unanimously overruled an Arizona appeals court that threw out evidence found during such an encounter.
The case involved a 2002 pat-down search of an Eloy, Ariz., man by an Oro Valley police officer, who found a gun and marijuana.
The justices accepted Arizona's argument that traffic stops are inherently dangerous for police and that pat-downs are permissible when an officer has a reasonable suspicion that the passenger may be armed and dangerous.
The pat-down is allowed if the police "harbor reasonable suspicion that a person subjected to the frisk is armed, and therefore dangerous to the safety of the police and public," Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said.













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Dogdeew Translation
Jan 30 2009, 5:58 pm
WEEDGOD
Jan 30 2009, 2:54 pm
U SAY THE SAME DUMB SHIT ALL THE TIME BUT,WHAT WOULD U EXPECT, U TAKE IT UP THE ASS ALL THE TIME TOO!
THE MIGHTY WEEDGOD HAS SPOKEN!
PS. YOUR MOM'S OVER HERE,AND SHE WANTS YOU TO MOVE OUT OF HER BASEMENT!
Ttranslation
Jan 30 2009, 8:10 am
Sqeakity sqeak sqeak .
Thats all we're hearing ..sqeaky sqeaker sqeak .
WEEDGOD
Jan 29 2009, 8:21 pm
WHAT U MEAN IS,
I PUT A PAIR ON YOUR MOM'S CHIN!!
JUST LIKE, U NORMALLY HAVE ON YOURS PRICK!!!
THE MIGHTY IS BACK, TO SET U ASSHOLES ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH TOUGH LOVE!!
THE MIGHTY WEEDGOD HAS SPOKEN!
umm
Jan 29 2009, 5:14 am
To "ABSOLUTE CRAP" below. We need you and your kind here on this planet. Just remember that you aren't alone.
♥
to below
Jan 28 2009, 4:37 pm
BOC FAN
Jan 28 2009, 3:53 pm
Grow a Pair
Jan 28 2009, 3:51 pm
Sqeakity sqeak sqeak ?
WEEDGOD
Jan 28 2009, 2:44 pm
THE MIGHTY WEEDGOD HAS SPOKEN!!!!
REVOLUTION!!!
.
Jan 28 2009, 4:43 am
Concerned American
Jan 27 2009, 11:38 pm
NOR CAL PUFFIN
Jan 27 2009, 3:21 pm
Nigtmove
Jan 27 2009, 1:12 pm
I'm now watching on the news how five people were murdered in their own home down in LA.
After this "BIG UPRISING" of yours are you going to be the one to go handle that situation or would that be getting all up in their biz?
I'm just asking.
to paul
Jan 27 2009, 8:43 am
AND
Jan 27 2009, 8:33 am
Paul Lagoon
Jan 27 2009, 7:59 am
If you push the weakest kid around, he will eventually fight back.
Reality Check
Jan 27 2009, 5:04 am
The cops were part of a state gang task force . The man arrested was a "crip" wearing the colors and fresh out of the pen . The officer was a woman familiar with gangs and felt the frisk was appropriate . This is how the CONCEALED weapon was found .
So the question is, did she have "reasonable suspicion " that warranted a search . AFTER questioning the gang member while he was still in the car , she felt it was appropriate and so did the Supreme Court .
fantasytattued
Jan 27 2009, 4:16 am
Henry
Jan 27 2009, 12:25 am
How about bail the shit out the heads of all them brain dead politicians who fuck us every day. A BIG FUCK YOU.
gstlab3
Jan 26 2009, 11:25 pm
420allday
Jan 26 2009, 9:41 pm
Nappy Al
Jan 26 2009, 9:29 pm
al-ganja
Jan 26 2009, 8:36 pm
ABSOLUTE CRAP
Jan 26 2009, 8:32 pm
Is the 'People's Revolution' really going to have to start with violence from our side?! Exactly how many people does it take to get weed decriminlized? How many laws will go into place to rid us of any freedom UNTIL WE'VE BEEN SEARCHED AND PROCESSED?!!! I'm going crazy here - thinkin about forming a suicide group to avoid the torment and torture of 'physical control'.
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