Appeals Court Says It’s Perfectly Fine For Cops To Unreasonably Extend Traffic Stops
3 June 2022
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3 June 2022
The Supreme Court made it pretty clear in its Rodriguez decision that pretextual traffic stops were fine, but once the pretext evaporated, it was time to cut civilians loose. We hold that a police stop exceeding the time needed to handle the matter for which the stop was made violates the Constitution’s shield against unreasonable seizures. A seizure justified only by a police observed traffic violation, therefore, “become(s) unlawful if it is prolonged beyond the time reasonably required to complete th[e] mission” of issuing a ticket for the violation. That’s all there is to it. If you pull someone over ...
Appeals Court Says It’s Perfectly Fine For Cops To Unreasonably Extend Traffic Stops
The Supreme Court made it pretty clear in its Rodriguez decision that pretextual traffic stops were fine, but once the pretext evaporated, it was time to cut civilians loose. We hold that a police …
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