In this case of Illinois v. Wardlow, Sam Wardlow, a 44-year old black man was wrongly searched after he was apparently seen acting ‘suspicious’ when he ran after he saw four police cars driving up. He was then chased by Timothy Nolan, a veteran police officer, as he believed Wardlow as guilty. The officers believed him to be in a ‘high crime area’. They caught up to Wardlow and frisked him. During the search, they found a handgun. The gun was wrongfully tried for evidence in the Cook County Circuit Court. His attorney rightfully filed a motion to have the gun evidence suppressed before the trial. Wardlow and his attorney fought that the pat-down violated the fourth amendment against unreasonable search and seizure because the police had no
