In two recent back-to-back cases, separate panels of a state appellate court decided that nervous 14-year-olds encountered by the police in high-crime areas of Manhattan and the Bronx were not acting suspiciously enough to justify the officers decisions to stop and frisk them – even though the police actions turned up loaded guns in each case.
Defenders of Courts Urge Critics of Rulings to Temper Attacks
Stunned by the harsh reaction to two recent 3-2 rulings of the First Department faulting police stop-and-frisks, state court officials and bar organizations have urged critics of the opinions to step back from what they regard as irresponsible personal attacks on the judges who voted to overturn the arrests of two teens after unconstitutional searches turned up loaded semi-automatic handguns.
‘De Bour’s’ Author Says Courts Seem Satisfied With Ruling’s Broad Principles
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