Word: frisk
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...DAVIS, can I come in? (Sure Craig, sit down. Neat overalls you've got on . . .) Yah, these are my real WWH flying pilot's flying overalls-the real thing. Got all the pockets you need in the world, practically. Cop could never frisk you. (Mrs. Davis observes the overalls-old many-washed flyer's overalls. Really superb. Three pockets on each sleeve, pockets all the way down the legs, big pockets where pockets should be at the hips; on the sides of the chest. Big pockets, little pockets-all with zippered tops...
...qualifications are not idle, said the court. "A police officer must be able to point to specific and articulable facts" that led him to act. "Inarticulate hunches" will not do. And hidden weapons must be the only object of the frisk. "The issue is whether a reasonably prudent man in the circumstances would be warranted in the belief that his safety or that of others was in danger." The court added, however, that if a properly motivated frisk turns up other incriminating evidence, that evidence may be used in court...
...York City, Police Officer Samuel Lasky heard a noise at his door, then spotted two strange men tiptoeing in the hall outside his apartment. Alerted by their behavior, he grabbed his gun and stepped out. The two fled, and Lasky followed, finally collaring one on the stairs. A frisk turned up burglar tools, possession of which is a crime in New York. Because the court was satisfied that Officer Lasky had acted properly, the conviction that resulted was upheld. In fact, six of the Justices thought that the defendant's actions were suspicious enough to give probable cause...
...pocket and so, simultaneously, did Martin. The policeman grabbed a packet of heroin. In reversing the resulting narcotics conviction, the court ruled that Martin did not have a good reason to stop the man; merely being in the company of known addicts is not sufficiently suspicious. Also, the frisk was illegal. None of the facts should have prompted a "reasonable fear of life or limb. The police officer is not entitled to seize and search every person he sees on the street and of whom he makes inquiries...
There have been incidents-particularly growing out of the increased stop-and-frisk activity. One 17-year-old Negro was allegedly stripped to his underwear and dangled by his heels from a bridge by two policemen who accused him of carrying a knife. Headley acted fast; both were dismissed the next day and last week were indicted by a federal grand jury. "These men abused their authority," says Headley, "and I won't stand for that...