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1. A police offer stopped a citizen. 2. The citizen asserted his rights. 3. The citizen was shot and killed. I imagine you are splitting hairs on 2, (mention
by nemothekid 4y ago
1. A police offer stopped a citizen.
2. The citizen asserted his rights.
3. The citizen was shot and killed.
I imagine you are splitting hairs on 2, (mentioning you have a CC handgun, vs telling an officer they can't have your phone), but both are Rights and one person died trying to exercise them (i.e., Your rights don't mean shit to cops).
- ch4s3 4y agoI see your point, but I was specifically asking about searches like the border searches mentioned in the article, that's the context here. I also agree that Castile was murdered by a cop, I just don't think it's splitting hairs to distinguish between a warrantless search and seizure vs a traffic stop where a handgun is in play. Both involve violations of rights, but different rights and in circumstances which are operationally different if that makes sense.