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investigatory stops

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A quick definition of investigatory stops:

Investigatory stops: When a police officer briefly stops someone because they have a good reason to believe that person may have committed a crime. The stop cannot be too invasive and the officer must have specific facts to support their suspicion.

A more thorough explanation:

An investigatory stop is a brief stop made by a police officer that is not intrusive. This type of stop is made when the officer has reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed. The reasonable suspicion must be based on specific and articulable facts.

Example 1: A police officer sees a person walking down the street at night in a high-crime area. The person is looking around nervously and appears to be carrying something in their pocket. The officer stops the person to ask a few questions and to check for any weapons or illegal items. This is an investigatory stop.

Example 2: A police officer sees a car driving erratically on the highway. The officer pulls the car over to investigate. This is also an investigatory stop.

These examples illustrate the definition of an investigatory stop because in both cases, the police officer had reasonable suspicion that a crime had been committed. In the first example, the person was acting suspiciously in a high-crime area. In the second example, the car was driving erratically, which could be a sign of drunk driving or other criminal activity. In both cases, the officer made a brief stop to investigate further.

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Miami A, yall I'm so excited I could cry.
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Feel like I can finally stop holding my breath!! Whew!!!
[] baddestbunny
22:16
every time I get accosted by a strange man who follows me around because my male coworkers were too busy talking to walk me back to my car I get closer to saying we need to bring back traditional gender roles
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Nice! @Macaque
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22:32
@Aromatic, Have to guess.
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22:33
That sucks @Bunny do you have to go to the hospital?
[] baddestbunny
22:40
I said accosted not assaulted
23:35
guys. my notre dame address just went long is this good or bad
1a2b3c4d26z
23:37
Oooooo me too
23:37
omg is this good or bad
Dkk
23:47
Idk if gender roles are gunna fix that then.
23:49
it looks like most people who applied in october last cycle didn't get a decision until january... does it even mean anything that our addresses went long??
hows ED 2 compared to ED 1?
Dkk
0:10
No idea
windyMagician
0:34
reporting live to say my ndls address also went long
does it mean anything ^
Dkk
2:21
NDLS and Fordham took a very long time last year. It's good info for people to know.
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4:29
let’s get after it boys and girls
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5:21
I gtg to bed soon.
Dkk
5:22
Big day today. Gunna be a crazy one. I will sleep through the first half.
good morning lsd it is 5 am EST
also jazzy my ndls address went long ages ago i sadly do not think it means anything
my stanford address also went long LOL i think at most it's an indicator it's under review
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
7:44
My berkeley paragraph finally disappeared. I definitely think it is just an indicator that they are actively reviewing files, and does not mean anything about A, WL, or Rs
WorthlessAttractiveZombie
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Also has anyone's date disappeared for W&L? Mine did last night
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@WorthlessAttractiveZombie: mine did yesterday morning
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Oops sorry I meant Vilanova. Mine disappeared last week
soapy
8:48
UMN under review! As predicted, decisions are gonna come out early December
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