Sam Wardlow was arrested on September 9, 1995 by Officer Nolan. Mr. Wardlow was simply running from the area he was staying at. Until Officer Nolan then proceeded to follow Mr.Wardlow and cornered him to perform an unjustified ¨Stop & Frisk” search. Officer did not have reasonable suspicion to make the stop under Terry v. Ohio. Mr.Wardlow was not seen or heard committing any form of crime whatsoever. Flight can simply be an action of an individual to have the right to ¨go one's way¨. According to Florida v. Royer, the court ruled that it is legal for authorities to target a person based on their behavior, but they cannot search or detain an individual without a warrant. There are too many reasons and variables to conclude a person was committing
