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Illinois v. Wardlow  

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  • One of the freedoms guaranteed under the Fourth Amendment is the right “to be secure … against unreasonable searches and seizures,” and Americans expect the government to enforce this right. Illinois v. Wardlow raised the question of whether police violated this Fourth Amendment right in stopping a man as he ran from police in an area known for high rates of narcotics trafficking and other crime. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Illinois v. Wardlow]

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  • 2000

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Illinois_v._Wardlow

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