Thanks to liberal activist judges, the state of Massachusetts has now become the testing ground of radical legal theories inspired by the controversial Black Lives Matter.
Like any number of states in the country, Massachusetts became the site of controversy back in 2011 when police arrested an African-American man identified only as Warren and a companion of his. Citing the fact that both Warren and his associate were wearing clothes that matched the description of criminal suspects, officers attempted to detain them only for the two men to try and flee. Eventually, law enforcement apprehended them and after carrying out a search, discovered Warren had an unregistered gun on his person.
After he was convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm, Warren sued the police and argued that they had no right to detain him. Incredibly enough, the Massachusetts Supreme Court sided with Warren, saying that not only did Warren have a right to flee from police, but any black citizen would have had the right to.
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“Rather, the finding that black males in Boston are disproportionately and repeatedly targeted for FIO encounters suggests a reason for flight totally unrelated to consciousness of guilt. Such an individual, when approached by the police, might just as easily be motivated by the desire to avoid the recurring indignity of being racially profiled as by the desire to hide criminal activity. Given this reality for black males in the city of Boston, a judge should, in appropriate cases, consider the report’s findings in weighing flight as a factor in the reasonable suspicion calculus.”
If you obey the law, you have no reason to run…. Pretty simple…
BS!
SO that means the cops have the right to shoot them!!!!
Does the police have the right to shoot them when they run?? If no why not.
Are they faster.than a speeding bullet
fucking idiots
And police have right to chase them and take them down!!
Are you faster than a bullet.
This fleeing right just furthers lawlessness. If Boston PD is corrupt then why is the focus of the courts not on cleaning up Boston PD. When you create an arbitrary rule that contradicts the law you open a rabbit hole for cities regardless of the level of police corruption. The judge said a suspect could flee even if guilty. Where is the corruption barometer set? You can’t say that a portion of the law only applies to black men. The law is the law and should apply to everyone.