Friday, January 20, 2012

Does "stop and frisk" violate the principle of equal treatment before the law?

This story allows us to look ahead to our discussion of the 14th Amendment and the equal protection clause. Young black and Latino males tend to be stopped and searched far more than other people. Does this pose a constitutional problem?

- Wikipedia: Frisking.
- Legal Definition from the Free Dictionary.
- Comments from Legal Zoom.