What Justice Tulloch actually said about carding

Law & Order | 206852 hits | Jan 06 12:03 pm | Posted by: N_Fiddledog

The widespread confusion over what Justice Michael Tulloch said about police carding in his report released last week demonstrates why police race-crime statistics should be available to everyone.

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by uwish
Wed Jan 09, 2019 10:41 pm
unless there is reasonable grounds, then anything resulting from 'carding' would be found inadmissable in any court room with even the most basic first year law student.
by N_Fiddledog
Wed Jan 09, 2019 11:20 pm
Apparently the judge says it depends on what you're calling carding:

"To begin, let's deal with what Tulloch actually said as opposed to what much of the media reported he said.

First, he did not say police have no right to stop people on the street and question them - known as street checks - if they have reasonable grounds to believe they may be involved in criminal activity, including having a gun in their possession.

He said, correctly, that police have no right to engage in carding, meaning arbitrary and random street checks where the only reason for stopping and questioning someone is their race, or that the officer must fill a quota of cardings."
by BartSimpson
Wed Jan 09, 2019 11:38 pm
Down here there's no reason to give up your ID unless the cop can articulate his reasonable suspicion that you have committed a misdemeanor or a felony.

They don't get to just stop you and ask for ID because you're 'suspicious'.

There's also a growing number of jurisdictions that will no longer tolerate stand-alone charges of "resisting arrest".

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