October 16, 201510 yr Interesting exchange between a black man jogging late at night in Alabama and an officer who stopped him. He keeps asking "Am I being detained?" Answer is "no." What does the law say about the rights of the person who is not being detained but is being told they must show ID? Man Perfectly Responds to police questioning for ?Jogging While Black? - The Daily Beast
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October 16, 201510 yr Author I'd say it's different in every state. It is from what I gather. Issue seems to revolve around the requirements for a stop. Is a guy jogging late at night in an area where two weeks ago there were robberies enough justification in the court of law? Seems rather open-ended to me.
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October 16, 201510 yr When asked what he was running from, his answer should have been pizza. But, I'm not going to act like I would have interacted with the police in a different way. He wasn't doing anything wrong, and there really wasn't any reason to suspect hin of anything. He wasn't running from them or because of them.
October 16, 201510 yr It is from what I gather. Issue seems to revolve around the requirements for a stop. Is a guy jogging late at night in an area where two weeks ago there were robberies enough justification in the court of law? Seems rather open-ended to me. I'd say it depends.
October 16, 201510 yr On? Time of day, what he was wearing, what he was doing, crime in the area, how he acts when you talk to him... Police can strike up conversation with anyone. When the officer did with this man, he was out of breath and his answers were evasive. I understand him exercising his rights, but I also understand why his answers could cause suspicion. The officer probably is familiar with that area. It's possible that people running through there at 1230 am is not common. If he stopped the one black guy out of a group of 10 joggers, I could agree right away with racial profiling. Id also be interested in what the guy was wearing.
October 16, 201510 yr Btw the article you posted is..well..terrible. Sounds like it came straight from cop block.
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