Cedar Rapids, Iowa, police officers Tyler Richardson & Jared Michael Jupin detained innocent black teens at gunpoint
Eighth Circuit (Again) Says There's Nothing Wrong With Detaining Innocent Minors At Gunpoint
4 January 2022
What's unreasonable for law enforcement to do when searching for a criminal suspect? Not much, apparently. The Eighth Circuit Appeals Court has handed down a ruling that says detaining minors at gunpoint is just good policework when they're in the general vicinity of a suspected criminal act. (via FourthAmendment.com) Here's what prompted this apparently excusable violation of rights, taken from the Appeals Court decision [PDF]: At 3:21 p.m. on April 24, 2016, a Cedar Rapids police dispatcher issued an alert for “a disturbance with a weapon” at “Higley Avenue and Wellington Street” based on a 911 call from a complainant ...
Eighth Circuit (Again) Says There's Nothing Wrong With Detaining Innocent Minors At Gunpoint
What's unreasonable for law enforcement to do when searching for a criminal suspect? Not much, apparently. The Eighth Circuit Appeals Court has handed down a ruling that says detaining minors at gunpoint is just good policework when they're...
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