Originally Posted by
nanter
I'm sorry, but your son is out of line stopping people without probable cause just because they happen to be out at a certain time of day. This is the United States of America - we don't have curfews here, and we have a rule of law that says that law enforcement does not have carte blanche to harass innocent citizenry without cause.
It is *not* his job to randomly stop people. It is his job to enforce the law to the best of his ability while obeying it himself. That he is too lazy to perform his job within its proscribed boundaries puts all of our civil liberties at risk.
Nanter,
1- you obviously don't know what you're talking about. Police need probable cause to arrest you. They only need reasonable suspicion to detain you.
2- some cities do have curfews for juveniles. That means police can detain anyone who is out after curfew because they look like they could be a juvenile.
3- you weren't there so you don't have any basis to criticize if the stop was justified. You only know one side of the story. In case you weren't aware, every story has two sides.
And the rest of you who think this was an unwarranted detention... don't complain today about the officer doing his job and then complain tomorrow because he didn't want to help you when you suddenly find yourself a victim.