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Get out da car.

Pennsylvania v. Mimms, 434 U.S. 106 (1977), is a United States Supreme Court criminal law decision holding that a police officer ordering a person out of a car during a lawful traffic stop did not violate the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The subsequent observation of a bulge in the person’s jacket was thought to present a danger to the officer, so the officer exercised "reasonable caution" in conducting the pat down, which was also deemed permissible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_v._Mimms

1 posted on 09/02/2026 11:37:26 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Is it “them”?


2 posted on 09/02/2026 11:42:15 AM PDT by for-q-clinton
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To: Libloather

““We just buried my nephew, coming from the graveyard. Have sympathy!””

... so we be allowed to take over da street and hold up traffic.


3 posted on 09/02/2026 11:43:06 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: Libloather

Din do nuffin


5 posted on 09/02/2026 11:44:52 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Opinions and belly buttons, everybody has one and they get to show them if they want to.)
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To: Libloather
"The five men arrested and later freed on bail were identified..."

Not like any funeral I've ever been to.

Sorry about those armed felons that were arrested and released.

6 posted on 09/02/2026 11:45:07 AM PDT by KitJ (Shall not be infringed...)
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To: Libloather
Pennsylvania v. Mimms, 434 U.S. 106 (1977), is a United States Supreme Court criminal law decision holding that a police officer ordering a person out of a car during a lawful traffic stop did not violate the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution

I've seen cop videos on Youtube in which a cop will invoke Pennsylvania v. Mimms when ordering a driver to exit the car, especially if the driver is one of those "sovereign citizens" who claims he has the right to "travel" without any legal restictions.

7 posted on 09/02/2026 11:46:40 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Libloather

Is it really a funeral without a street takeover?


10 posted on 09/02/2026 11:51:22 AM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
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To: Libloather

Come on. Doesn’t everyone carry a stolen gun to a funeral? It’s not like felons can legally buy handguns.


13 posted on 09/02/2026 11:56:32 AM PDT by PAR35
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To: Libloather
Malik Lanard McGraw,
Dylan Jayantione Stragh,
Dwight Jamallantion Stragh,
Jaedin Akwuame Stoveall, and,
Cardell Valcourt

Reminds me to double-check a copy of the Mayflower manifest...

22 posted on 09/02/2026 12:18:38 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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To: Libloather
...mourners allegedly attempted a street takeover

Seems like they could've worked that little tidbit into the headline somehow instead of the coming from a graveyard thing. 🤔

27 posted on 09/02/2026 12:36:07 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Libloather

Funerals have zero rights to do a street takeover.


31 posted on 09/02/2026 12:46:30 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Libloather
The funeral for a Florida teen who died in a shooting devolved into violent mayhem over the weekend when mourners allegedly attempted a street takeover and cops fired mace balls at them.

why must funerals be somber affairs?

Deys jus mornin' dey loved un

33 posted on 09/02/2026 1:00:16 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Libloather

Ghetto life.


34 posted on 09/02/2026 1:04:01 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (No Jesus. No Peace.... Know Jesus. Know peace.)
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To: Libloather

Mayhem has a legal definition. I sincerely doubt that there was mayhem here.

(It has to do with cutting parts of a person.)


36 posted on 09/02/2026 1:13:09 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Libloather

A black funeral isn’t complete without a shootout and an arrest or two.


39 posted on 09/02/2026 1:35:05 PM PDT by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
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To: Libloather

I heard it all started with an argument over whether light was a particle or a wave.


47 posted on 09/02/2026 4:03:01 PM PDT by The Duke (Not without incident)
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