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Fleeing man, regardless of race, may give police reasonable suspicion, Md. high court says
A Black man’s speedy departure upon seeing Baltimore police in a high-crime area may give officers reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to stop him, the Maryland Supreme Court ruled.
Md. high court to weigh if fleeing Black man gives police reasonable suspicion
Maryland’s top court will weigh whether a Black man’s speedy departure upon seeing Baltimore police in a high-crime area gives officers reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to stop him.
Md. high court upholds search of man who ran from police
In a decision addressing when police can constitutionally give chase, Maryland’s top court held Tuesday that officers were justified in seizing a person who ran from them while they were […]
Md. high court considers if flight justifies police search
ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s top court grappled Wednesday with just how crime-ridden a neighborhood must be to justify police officers giving chase and frisking for weapons an individual who runs away […]
Md. high court opens term with Fourth Amendment, due-process cases on docket
Maryland’s top court on Wednesday opens the public sessions of its 2017-2018 term in which it will consider among its approximately 150 appeals the constitutional rights of individuals who flee […]
Md. high court will weigh if flight justifies police search
Maryland’s top court will consider if or when fleeing upon seeing police officers justifies them giving chase and frisking for weapons the individual who fled.
Flight gives police reasonable suspicion of crime, Md. court says
Saying innocent people do not run from the police, Maryland’s second-highest court has ruled Howard County officers were justified in chasing down and frisking a man who fled after seeing them, a search that led to the discovery of a handgun.
