Answered: a Terry frisk should not be allowed…

Social Psychology (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134641287

Author:Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert, Samuel R. Sommers

Publisher:Elliot Aronson, Timothy D. Wilson, Robin M. Akert, Samuel R. Sommers

Chapter1: Introducing Social Psychology

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Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968), was a landmark case argued by the United States Supreme Court which held that the Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures is not violated when a police officer stops a suspect on the street and frisks him or her (frisk is defined as a patting of the outside of the subject’s clothing) without probable cause to arrest, if the police officer has a reasonable suspicion that the person has committed, is committing, or is about to commit a crime and has a reasonable belief that the person "may be armed and presently dangerous." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XynN0EAj8M In recent years, there has been much public outcry over what has become known as the practice of “stop and frisk.” People claim that such activities by the police are illegal. The author of the video you just watched says he agrees; a Terry frisk should not be allowed unless the officer has “probable cause” that the subject is armed. Should police be allowed to conduct a Terry frisk? Why or why not?

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