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Race must be considered in determining legality of police stops and seizures, WA state Supreme Court rules

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By David Gutman
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The Washington state Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a person’s race, and law enforcement’s long history of discrimination against people of color, should be taken into account when determining the legality of police seizures.

The court also clarified state law to say police have seized a person if an objective observer would conclude that the person was not free to leave or refuse a request. But, the court wrote, that “objective observer” must be aware that discrimination and biases “have resulted in disproportionate police contacts, investigative seizures, and uses of force against Black, Indigenous, and other people of color.”

“Today, we formally recognize what has always been true: In interactions with law enforcement, race and ethnicity matter,” Justice Mary Yu wrote for the unanimous court. “Therefore, courts must consider the race and ethnicity of the allegedly seized person as part of the totality of the circumstances when deciding whether there was a seizure.”

More at the link. https://www.seattletimes.com/s...e-court-rules/?amp=1






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The court is legislating from the bench...again.

Race and/or ethnicity has nothing at all to do with whether or not a specific act is legal.
 
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^^^ no shit? Wink





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I can't imagine anything more unconstitutional.

These activist judges are full on delusional.

I find more and more reasons to thank God everyday that I was raised and live in Texas.
 
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Well It is PNW. Do not see this catching on in Texas.
 
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Well It is PNW. Do not see this catching on in Texas.


Probably not… But Illinois? Almost guaranteed! Lol

Or Michigan or New York or New Jersey or Connecticut… I could do this all day long. Lol

I think next time I’m pulled over I’m going to ask that officer on body camera how my race being calculated in his decision?





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Well It is PNW. Do not see this catching on in Texas.

Well, that was kinda the point.
 
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“objective observer” must be aware that discrimination and biases “have resulted in disproportionate police contacts, investigative seizures, and uses of force against Black, Indigenous, and other people of color.”


"objective observer" : because people of color proportionally commit more crime
 
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I think Washington State Democrats wont be satisfied until they turn Western Washington into one large 'Chop' District. That way, Jenny's kids can live in a giant ongoing 'Lilith Fair' and have a Summer of Love year round...

Regarding race, it's not like a disproportionate race of folks commit a disproportionate amount of crime. CMON Man! All crime is committed by equal amounts of each race.

Excuse me while I pet my pink pony, eat my avocado toast while watching that gorgeous rainbow over Western Washington.
 
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Sexual assaults no longer being investigated in the city of Seattle due to limited resources.

What did Fred Thompson say in that movie… “This shit is going to get it out of hand; fast.”





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Why would any officer be pro-active in that environment.
I don’t think Judge Kocurek would agree with this court.
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Well the type of vehicle is often a good clue combined with over the top rap with a heavy bass.
 
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That runs square into the 14th amendment. It won't last three seconds in a federal court.

They have lost their minds.




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Regarding race, it's not like a disproportionate race of folks commit a disproportionate amount of crime. CMON Man! All crime is committed by equal amounts of each race.


I am sure this will open a can of worms, but In my state anyway proportionally certain races have way more arrests and convictions than others. Can't all be because of police racism.



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If the definition of racist is, “prejudiced against or antagonistic toward a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group” and the definition of prejudiced is, “resulting from or having a prejudice or bias for or especially against” (emphasis added by me), pretty sure this is the definition of unconstitutional, but what do I know…


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Regarding race, it's not like a disproportionate race of folks commit a disproportionate amount of crime. CMON Man! All crime is committed by equal amounts of each race.


I am sure this will open a can of worms, but In my state anyway proportionally certain races have way more arrests and convictions than others. Can't all be because of police racism.


The last crime report I read said that 6% of the population commits over 50% of all homicides.

Go figure.
 
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Regarding race, it's not like a disproportionate race of folks commit a disproportionate amount of crime. CMON Man! All crime is committed by equal amounts of each race.


I am sure this will open a can of worms, but In my state anyway proportionally certain races have way more arrests and convictions than others. Can't all be because of police racism.


The last crime report I read said that 6% of the population commits over 50% of all homicides.

Go figure.


I wouldn’t doubt it. Clusters appear all the time in data… I.e. 7% of the population is responsible for 40% of abortions.





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I think Washington State Democrats wont be satisfied until they turn Western Washington into one large 'Chop' District. That way, Jenny's kids can live in a giant ongoing 'Lilith Fair' and have a Summer of Love year round...

Regarding race, it's not like a disproportionate race of folks commit a disproportionate amount of crime. CMON Man! All crime is committed by equal amounts of each race.

Excuse me while I pet my pink pony, eat my avocado toast while watching that gorgeous rainbow over Western Washington.


-----race, it's not like a disproportionate race of folks commit a disproportionate amount of crime. CMON Man! All crime is committed by equal amounts of each race.----

45 years working in the Inner Cites has me to say you are incorrect.
Have you ever seen sneakers on the telephone/electrical overhead wires in a suburb? Needles and drug bags and used condoms in the gutters? 12 year old children running to cars paused in the middle of a street (under the sneakers) taking money from the driver; the car than drives a few houses more, stops again and another youth runs up to their car with ~what ever the money bought them --transaction complete.
And no one over 18 was even visible behind their reinforced 2nd floor apartment. I could write a book but honestly, those who govern want it this way.

A third of the buildings are dilapidated, a third by those Section 8 who can not afford to move and the balance by gangs. I feel for the good youth who are growing up corrupted by the streets.


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-----race, it's not like a disproportionate race of folks commit a disproportionate amount of crime. CMON Man! All crime is committed by equal amounts of each race.----

45 years working in the Inner Cites has me to say you are incorrect.
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I honestly cannot fathom why all the police and other decent folks just don’t get up and leave (abandon) those “Proletarian Paradises” (aka Dem-run Big Cities), and let them all descend into their self-created anarchistic hell-holes.

Folks are going to have to decide what’s more important: property and jobs, or the lives of their families.

It’s going to eventually come down to what Kurt Schlichter has described in his books.


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