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- 2026-10-22 20:07
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Okay. You said 14? Yeah. Okay. Yeah. You can take them off for you. Yeah, let me get a little something in there. All right, so do me a favor and separate your feet for me. Go and look at me real quick. Open your mouth up, sir. Tongue up and down. I appreciate it. And then I want you to do that one more time for me. In the span of about 30 seconds, this officer made a decision that would shape everything that followed. Malcolm asked what he did. The officer said he was in possession of a stolen motor vehicle and then put him in handcuffs. He had not verified the VIN. He had not confirmed a single fact beyond what the complainant told him over the phone. In Florida versus Bostick, decided in 1991, the Supreme Court held that the appropriate question for determining whether a seizure has occurred is whether a reasonable person would feel free to decline the officer's requests or otherwise terminate the encounter. Malcolm was in handcuffs. He was not free to leave. That is a seizure. The problem is that the Fourth Amendment requires probable cause for a seizure to be lawful. And at this moment, this officer had hearsay. He had a tip. He had not confirmed a single objective fact. Malcolm immediately told him there was a bill of sale. The officer said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah." and kept going. I mean Yeah, they're in the house. Kick, you ring the doorbell and tell my dad to get that bill of sale somewhere in the house. We're We're going to take care of that, sir. We're going to take care of that. Appreciate it. Sir, can you Can you open your mouth up? Tongue up and down. Appreciate it. All right, let me check you real quick right here. Um I I can get the exact date for you. I'll get that for you in a second, okay, sir? And sir, um do me one second. Squat down slightly, okay? I'm just going to do this real quick, okay? All right. So, what I'm going to have you do, I'm just going to have you take a seat right here. Okay, I'm going to open the back of the Just take a seat for me right now, sir. Um we're not leaving going anywhere yet. I just want to want to get you seat seated that way you're not standing around out here, okay? I'm just going to be >> free. You're a little tall, so it might be a little You okay? The handcuff uh What's going on? The handcuff All right, step up.
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