Cop in the Hood by Peter Moskos

Author:Peter Moskos
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780691143866
Publisher: Princeton University Press

The passenger was arrested and the taxi driver, pleading innocence, was let go. The state’s attorney’s office nullified the arrest, stating that there was no reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, thus making the stop illegal. Officer Kuczynski said, “That’s great, half the squad is out there trying to do ‘real’ police work and the [court] liaison says, ‘Fuck you!’ It’s shit like this why officers start writing, ‘Once upon a time . . .’ ” Five days later, over a beer after work, the sergeant was still upset: “All you need is reasonable suspicion to stop a man! I’m going to start documenting these cases and take it to the major. The problem with the judges and state’s attorneys is that they don’t live in these neighborhoods. Let a judge’s wife get raped and see if they let a rapist go free!”

In a location near the previous example, I made another drug arrest. From my statement of probable cause:

On May 21, 2001 at 1 AM, block watcher &238102 called my sergeant at the Eastern District police station and reported that there was a black female and a black male selling drugs in the 2300 block of Ashland Ave. The block watcher described the female as 17–18 years old wearing a white sleeveless shirt and a blue denim skirt. The black male was described as heavyset and sitting on the steps of 2317 Ashland Ave. The caller further stated the male was taking money from drug buyers and sending the buyers to the female, who handed the drugs to the buyers from a black bag she was carrying on her shoulders. [This description was noteworthy for both its atypical thoroughness and accuracy.]

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