CA7: Frisk the poor

It is no secret that poor people – the kind that live in dark places – are what is wrong with America. The constitution doesn’t apply to their kind. If they did care about America, they would live in well-lit, gated communities. They also wouldn’t borrow their cousin’s clothes. And their cousins wouldn’t be fat.  See U.S. v. Barnett.

So, when a District Court finds that there was no probable cause to frisk someone wearing clothes meant for a man 200 pounds heavier, in an area where there was no burglary, the Seven searches for a way to frisk this person.

 As DotD says:

The Court explains that “some crimes by their very nature are so suggestive of the presence and use of weapons that a frisk is always reasonable when officers have a reasonable suspicion that an individual might be involved in such a crime.”  Here, the officers suspected Barnett of a burglary, and burglars often carry weapons.

 Of course, there was no burglary.  There was no report of a burglary.  This doesn't bother the Seventh, that decides that the government is therefore right and the police can do what they want to poor people.    But with one more poor person in jail, we are all safer. In related news, Saucy Vixen describes the difference between a frisk and a grope.

Comments

[Mike]

It's really very simple: If you are poor (or rich and black), you must justify your existence. Why would a poor (or rich black) person be in a parking lot? Because he stole something - why else? By definition, a police officer who sees a poor person or black person out on the streets has reasonable suspicion to frisk him. Again, they must justify and explain why they are out of their homes after dark.

By now, poor white people (and blacks of every income level) should know that they are not allowed out of their homes after dark. Even then, they should leave only when necessary.

In a perfect world, they would only leave their homes to work. But, as we know, poor people don't work. And rich black people are all drug dealers. So, in reality, they need to remain indoors at all times. If they decide to venture out into our world, we will forcibly place them indoors - doors with bars.