D.Nev.: Def failing to immediately stop and drawing officers deep into a parking lot added to RS

While the question is close, “I find that Pappas had reasonable suspicion that Eddards was armed and dangerous. While performing proactive gang enforcement in an area plagued by crimes being committed in rental cars, Pappas and Nahum attempted to pull Eddards over after he rolled through a stop sign in what the officers suspected was a rental vehicle. Like the Burkett defendant, Eddards refused to immediately pull over at the first safe location, instead drawing the officers deep into a parking lot. After the car finally stopped, Pappas was surprised to see that Eddards had opened the car door to watch him, as though he wanted to make note of the officer’s location, and Pappas noticed that the visibly nervous Eddards had a face tattoo consistent with membership in a local gang.” United States v. Eddards, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9427 (D. Nev. Jan. 19, 2021).*

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