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To: ltc8k6
Do the police have to witness what makes them suspicious, or can they base it on a complaint?

The part that you're not getting is that the complaint was about the perfectly legal activity of open carry that the complaintant didn't know was legal. There was no allegation of anything that was actually a crime. It would be different if the woman had said "They're waving their guns around, terrorizing people" which is an illegal activity. But no such allegation was made.

The officer stated he asked for ID to ensure the carriers weren't felons, but the Stop and ID law doesn't allow them to do that. They need actual suspicion of a crime under the law. Thus the officer made an illegal demand of a citizen and subsequently made an illegal arrest.

237 posted on 09/23/2010 9:22:52 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat

The only way reasonable suspicion could be met is if one of them was overheard saying something like, “I couldn’t get a concealed-carry permit because of my felony conviction. I’m relegated to carrying out in the open. Hope my parole officer never finds out.”


271 posted on 09/23/2010 11:01:17 PM PDT by scott7278 ("...I have not changed Congress and how it operates the way I would have liked." BHO)
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