Day 3- 4th Amendment and Your Rights

Questions of the Day:  

1. How can knowing your rights protect you in the adult world?
2. What does the 4th Amendment Protect?  What are the limits of that protection?

Starter 3- Police Stops
Imagine…you are walking down Main Street and a law enforcement officer crosses your path.  She smiles, and seems nice.  She stops.  “How’s it going today,” she asks.

1. Is she allowed to stop you on the street?  Do you have to stay?
2. If she asks you questions, do you have to answer them?
3. What info do you “have” to provide for her about yourself?
4. Under what circumstances could she pat you down?
5. Under what circumstances could she search your pockets?  Your backpack/purse?
6. Under what circumstances could she arrest you?
7. Bonus:  What is the Miranda Warning?  Can you write it verbatim?

Fourth Amendment  (45 min)
Read it closely- what does it mean?  (Handout is on the docs page)

1. Summarize each of these in your own words.  Feel free to simplify the sentence structure!  Try it on your own first, then check with your partner.
2. On the reverse side, I have highlighted the difficult and important aspects of the text.  For each of the 7 phrases circled, use the blank areas to put these into your own words, and expand on what you think they refer to.  Try not to look it up right away – discuss with a partner or neighbor who might know the answer or have a different perspective (look it up then to verify your answers).  
3. Review 7 concepts as class, get key things on board.

KEY QUESTIONS for notes: 

1. WHAT does the 4th amendment protect?
2. WHO does the 4th amendment protect?                
3. The right of the people (citizens, under 18, undocumented immigrants)
4. WHAT does it protect people from?
5. WHAT does it mean to be seized?
6. WHAT is required for a legal search/seizure?

This amendment protects you from unlawful intrusion and/or violations of your privacy.

Reasonable Suspicion vs. Probable Cause  (60 min)
What’s the difference?  Brainstorm together. 
Read article here:  Probable Cause and Reasonable Suspiscion

1. Annotate
2. Define both RS and PC
3. Write:  Most important thing you didn’t know
4. Write:  One question you have
5.  Review as class

DEMONSTRATION:  Cop video of poor policing and analysis.  Watch, and we'll check our definitions.

EXCEPTION:  The Terry Stop

1. A brief detention of a person by police on reasonable suspicion of involvement in criminal activity but short of probable cause to arrest.
2. Without a warrant, probable cause, or the driver’s consent, police may not search the vehicle, but under the “plain view” doctrine may seize and use as evidence weapons or contraband that are visible from outside the vehicle. 

HOMEWORK:

1. Read:  When Can the Police Stop and Frisk You on the Street?  DUE:  Tuesday, 9/1/15.