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Article: Police Stop, Handcuff Every Adult at Intersection in Search for Bank Robber
Can anyone say "Unlawful Detainment & Arrest Lawsuit?"
I'm well-appraised of the laws here in the State of Colorado, and the Aurora police SNAFU'd this one, big time. No RAS (reasonable articulable suspicion), much less PC (probable cause).
On one hand, yes, it would be easier for the police if they could just lock down the block and interrogate everyone. This is not, however, North Korea. This is America, and our Fourth Amendment (and tons of associated case law) expressly forbids this type of police state behavior.
SOMEONE's going to loose their job, rank, or a promotion over this, and if any of these unlwafully-detained citizens sues Aurora, the city will loose tens, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars.
So, how does this relate to handguns? What if you or I were open carrying and they stopped, disarmed, and handcuffed us? Would we be giving them permission to search our vehicle? Probably not. How badly would that escalate the situation? Would they throw us on the ground for good measure because they wrongly perceive a law-abiding citizen who is lawfully carrying a firearm as a threat? Now we'd have unlawful detention, arrest, brutality, AND a 4th Amendment rights violation (search/seizure) thrown in the mix.
The police claim everyone granted consent for their vehicles to be searched (stupid sheeple). Did the the stupid sheeple also grant consent to be unlawfully detained and arrested, as well?
Can anyone say "Unlawful Detainment & Arrest Lawsuit?"
I'm well-appraised of the laws here in the State of Colorado, and the Aurora police SNAFU'd this one, big time. No RAS (reasonable articulable suspicion), much less PC (probable cause).
On one hand, yes, it would be easier for the police if they could just lock down the block and interrogate everyone. This is not, however, North Korea. This is America, and our Fourth Amendment (and tons of associated case law) expressly forbids this type of police state behavior.
SOMEONE's going to loose their job, rank, or a promotion over this, and if any of these unlwafully-detained citizens sues Aurora, the city will loose tens, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars.
So, how does this relate to handguns? What if you or I were open carrying and they stopped, disarmed, and handcuffed us? Would we be giving them permission to search our vehicle? Probably not. How badly would that escalate the situation? Would they throw us on the ground for good measure because they wrongly perceive a law-abiding citizen who is lawfully carrying a firearm as a threat? Now we'd have unlawful detention, arrest, brutality, AND a 4th Amendment rights violation (search/seizure) thrown in the mix.
The police claim everyone granted consent for their vehicles to be searched (stupid sheeple). Did the the stupid sheeple also grant consent to be unlawfully detained and arrested, as well?