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Resubmission: Exploring if stop and search permits racism. Introduction Stop and search is a power used by Police to detain suspected individuals so that the Police can look for weapons, drugs or stolen property. The term stop and search has been defined by Bryant, Bryant and Graca (2012) as ‘’an umbrella term for 19 powers a police officer has to arrest you’’. However to be able to detain someone for a search it is mentioned within the PACE ACT 1984 that an officer must have ‘’reasonable…

Ohio allowed the American criminal justice system to realize that there was still a communication problem between federal and state departments of justice. “At the time of the case unlawfully seized evidence was banned from federal courts but not state courts” (Mapp v. Ohio Podcast). When there is a deviation between the two systems, in certain cases, then problems can arise. In this…

This class has been a very fun and enjoyable experience in learning about the very important Warren Court Era. The Warren Court has led the way for variety of changes in the United States of America through landmark decisions like Brown v. Board of Education and Miranda v. Arizona. A very interesting thing that I learned was that Earl Warren was appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower with the intent that Warren would be a very conservative judge, but as cases were presented to the Supreme Court the…

Stop and Frisk. As the lyric goes “I heard the mission bell, And I was thinking to myself , This could be heaven or this could be hell.” The policy of Stop and Frisk arose from the decision of United States Supreme Court in the matter of Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968). This seminal case gave police the right to stop a person on the street and question them and if they can establish reasonable suspicion that the individual either committed a crime or is about to commit a crime then they can…

A Modern Call to the Wild: A Look At The Effects and Hypocrisy of Ecotourism Joshua Wright The human soul is anchored in nature. The human race was born of this earth, shaped by it, and so far (despite our best efforts) tied to it. So, to state the obvious, we must protect it. However, it is with in the nature of man to exploit the resources available to us. This exploitation comes at a cost, to both the natural world and human world. The movement to protect our environment is at an all time…

I. Topic: New York City News General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the class about the New York Police Department’s Stop and Frisk practice. Thesis: Three news sources focus on NYPD Stop and Frisk policies II. Introduction: When a young non-white male is stopped and searched at the whim of a police officer, his idea of personal space, privacy and self-esteem are shattered, to say nothing of his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment protections. The damage goes deep…

392 U.S. 1 (1968) Terry V. Ohio Facts: Police Detective Martin McFadden was an off duty police officer dressed in normal street clothes. On the afternoon of October 31, 1963 McFadden was walking around in downtown Cleveland. While he was out and about two men caught his eye. The men Chilton and Terry were standing on a street corner. McFadden was used to noticing strange and suspicious things and the behavior of these men struck him as suspicious. They were pacing up and down the street…

2. facts of the case – On September 13, 1965 police officers arrived to Ted Chimel residence in California with an arrest warrant for ted chimel. The arrest warrant issued indicates Ted Chimel is a suspect for burglary of stealing coins from a store. At the time the police officers arrived at the house of chimels he wasn’t home. Chimels wife was home at the time and allowed the officers to come in and search which gave them consent. Moments after chimel arrival to his house he was immediately…

Analyzing a case, City of St. Paul v. Uber, 450, N.W. 2d 623 (Minn. Ct. App. 1990) an officer who was with the Minnesota Police Department of St. Paul, for eighteen years, had been working the early morning night patrol. While out on patrol, he had witnessed a driver, in a pickup truck at approximately 2:15 a.m. in a particular part of town that was known to be where people would pick up prostitutes. Again the male driver was seen about a half hour later in the same area at 2:45 pm. Officer…

is allowed to search someone if they have the reasonable believe that this person is committing, has committed or is going to commit a crime. This search consists of a quick pat down of the outer clothing. Stop and Frisk started with the Terry vs. Ohio case, in 1976, in which a police officer suspected three men of being about to commit a crime. The officer pointed his gun at them in order to search them. One of the men named John Terry argued that the police officer did not have enough…