ABA: Stop and Frisk: Appropriate or Unconstitutional?

ABA: Stop and Frisk: Appropriate or Unconstitutional? by Oran Lott Bullock & Yolanda Means (“Stop and frisk is both a symbol of proactive policing and a flashpoint for civil liberties advocates. Central to the debate is the threshold of ‘reasonable suspicion.’ Reasonable suspicion was introduced in the 1968 U.S. Supreme Court case Terry v. Ohio as a significant exception to the Fourth Amendment’s probable cause requirement. The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment becomes relevant when stop and frisk practices disproportionately affect certain racial or ethnic groups. Police officers need comprehensive training that includes implicit bias recognition, de-escalation techniques, and clear guidelines on articulating reasonable suspicion.”)