Police Stop, Handcuff Every Adult at Intersection in Search for Bank Robber

[Forever_frost]

Oh look, another cop thread by Forever_Forrest, say it isn't so!

I think it's time we have a separate forum...

If they'd stop doing stupid shit, I'd stop having stuff to post.


Stopping an entire intersection and handcuffing every adult with no reasonable suspicion that any of them did it. Just wait for the lawsuits. I know if I was pulled out of my car and cuffed I'd not be giving anyone permission for anything.

Come on Danny, the guy robbed a bank. He stole money, he probably got a couple thousand dollars. We should just line people up and start shooting them until he comes forward if that is what it takes. As long as none of those cops have relatives in the group, they'll be more than happy to do it too as long as they can blame someone else up the chain of command....

Don't forget to line their dogs up, too.

[Sean88gt]

Uh hell no.

[ELVIS]

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ha!

god bless.

[bcoop]

I don't see the problem. This seems perfectly reasonable to me. If you have nothing to hide, what are you worried about?

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[Broncojohnny]

To hell with the Fourth Amendment! It seems that for modern law enforcement, any means are justified.

Come on Danny, the guy robbed a bank. He stole money, he probably got a couple thousand dollars. We should just line people up and start shooting them until he comes forward if that is what it takes. As long as none of those cops have relatives in the group, they'll be more than happy to do it too as long as they can blame someone else up the chain of command....

[GE]

oh look, another cop thread by forever_forrest, say it isn't so!

lmao.

[46Tbird]

To hell with the Fourth Amendment! It seems that for modern law enforcement, any means are justified.

[Skidmark]

“Most of the adults were handcuffed, then were told what was going on and were asked for permission to search the car,” Fania said. “They all granted permission, and once nothing was found in their cars, they were un-handcuffed.”

Fuck that.

[347Mike]

Oh look, another cop thread by Forever_Forrest, say it isn't so!

I think it's time we have a separate forum...

[Forever_frost]

Police Stop, Handcuff Every Adult at Intersection in Search for Bank Robber
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Police in Aurora, Colo., searching for suspected bank robbers stopped every car at an intersection, handcuffed all the adults and searched the cars, one of which they believed was carrying the suspect.

Police said they had received what they called a “reliable” tip that the culprit in an armed robbery at a Wells Fargo bank committed earlier was stopped at the red light.

“We didn’t have a description, didn’t know race or gender or anything, so a split-second decision was made to stop all the cars at that intersection, and search for the armed robber,” Aurora police Officer Frank Fania told ABC News.

Officers barricaded the area, halting 19 cars.

“Cops came in from every direction and just threw their car in front of my car,” Sonya Romero, one of the drivers who was handcuffed, told ABC News affiliate KMGH-TV in Denver.

From there, the police went from car to car, removing the passengers and handcuffing the adults.

“Most of the adults were handcuffed, then were told what was going on and were asked for permission to search the car,” Fania said. “They all granted permission, and once nothing was found in their cars, they were un-handcuffed.”

The search lasted between an hour and a half and two hours, and it wasn’t until the final car was searched that police apprehended the suspect.

“Once officers got to his car, they found evidence that he was who they were looking for,” Fania said. “When they searched the car, they found two loaded firearms.”

The actions of the police have been met with some criticism, but Fania said this was a unique situation that required an unusual response.

“It’s hard to say what normal is in a situation like this when you haven’t dealt with a situation like this,” Fania said. “The result of the whole ordeal is that it paid off. We have arrested and charged a suspect.”

The other people who had been held at the intersection were allowed to leave once the suspect was apprehended.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/06/police-stop-handcuff-every-adult-at-intersection-in-search-for-bank-robber/