Flight alone is not reasonable suspicion. Flight in a high crime area is more likely to be. United States v. Holmes, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 225855 (D. Nev. Dec. 14, 2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDetermining the appellant’s identity was necessary to permit the trooper to complete the traffic stop, and Cabrera would have continued to question the appellant to ascertain his true identity even if no pat down had occurred.\u201d Adams v. Commonwealth, 2022 Va. App. LEXIS 637 (Dec. 13, 2022).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officers pepper sprayed plaintiff during a protest. They get qualified immunity on her Fourth Amendment claim but not her retaliation for free speech claim under the First Amendment. There are facts in dispute. Dreith v. City of St. Louis, No. 21-3514, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 34587 (8th Cir. Dec. 15, 2022).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Flight alone is not reasonable suspicion. Flight in a high crime area is more likely to be. United States v. Holmes, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 225855 (D. Nev. Dec. 14, 2022). \u201cDetermining the appellant’s identity was necessary to permit the … Continue reading