People participating in this thread who actually live there and statistics show that this is NOT a high crime area. You should probably get off of that train now, it has derailed.
He was there to meet a friend. It is a public 24 hour lot (also mentioned) so he did have a reason to be there, and he is Constitutionally right to ask why he was being delayed.
You are very choosy in what you read on this thread, it seems. Unfortunately, it is making you look stubborn and hard headed. Perhaps you should simply walk away from this one. You are being rhetorically slaughtered.
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I suspect RP's issue is more in line that a civilian bested a bad apple who lost it in less than 2 minutes.
My abbreviated way of saying "an area where a recent rash of break-ins by car thieves occured to cars parked in that lot". Better? Or do you know people who actually live there and have statistics showing that these break-ins did not occur? Maybe the cop was parked there to catch some shut-eye, huh?
"He was there to meet a friend."
Who never did show up.
"It is a public 24 hour lot (also mentioned) so he did have a reason to be there"
Sure. And we have public parks on the south side of Chicago that are open 24 hours. Maybe you'd like to exercise your constitutional rights to visit one at 2am?
"and he is Constitutionally right to ask why he was being delayed."
He was parked! What do you mean "delayed"? "Delayed" from doing what?
It was constitutionally proper for the cop to ask the questions he did, given the circumstances. The kid was evasive, adding to the cop's suspicion.
"You are being rhetorically slaughtered."
Not by you. Not by anyone.