Primus
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"The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled today a Boston police officer did nothing wrong in chasing after and arresting a man he suspected was packing a gun late one night on Norfolk Street in Roxbury.
In its ruling, the court overturned an order by Boston Municipal Court Judge Raymond Dougan that prosecutors could not use the gun allegedly found on Olajuwan Jones-Pannell on Aug. 6, 2011.
The appeals court begged to differ with Dougan's assertion that that particular stretch of Norfolk Street was not a high-crime area and that the officer who began chasing Jones-Pannell when he started running away from him had no indications that Jones-Pannell was doing anything wrong at the time. A Supreme Court ruling lets police stop people they suspect of committing or being about to commit a crime if they have reasonable suspicion based on several factors."
http://66.39.52.227/2014/appeals-court-overturns-judge-who-said-cops-had-no
There is a link in the page to the actual ruling.
They found that training and experience, high crime area, at night, defendants actions (swiveling, holding waist band, etc.) were enough for Terry Stop.
For some reason the original Judge who tossed the gun and case said that the fact there was a shooting a week or two prior and that it's heavily infested with gangs is not a "high crime" area. And the original judge said that it being at midnight bears "very little".
I bet that judge wouldn't be caught walking in Roxbury on that block at 12am....
In its ruling, the court overturned an order by Boston Municipal Court Judge Raymond Dougan that prosecutors could not use the gun allegedly found on Olajuwan Jones-Pannell on Aug. 6, 2011.
The appeals court begged to differ with Dougan's assertion that that particular stretch of Norfolk Street was not a high-crime area and that the officer who began chasing Jones-Pannell when he started running away from him had no indications that Jones-Pannell was doing anything wrong at the time. A Supreme Court ruling lets police stop people they suspect of committing or being about to commit a crime if they have reasonable suspicion based on several factors."
http://66.39.52.227/2014/appeals-court-overturns-judge-who-said-cops-had-no
There is a link in the page to the actual ruling.
They found that training and experience, high crime area, at night, defendants actions (swiveling, holding waist band, etc.) were enough for Terry Stop.
For some reason the original Judge who tossed the gun and case said that the fact there was a shooting a week or two prior and that it's heavily infested with gangs is not a "high crime" area. And the original judge said that it being at midnight bears "very little".
I bet that judge wouldn't be caught walking in Roxbury on that block at 12am....