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John Shadegg: “This is a city in America, and this is a judge now appointed by the Clinton administration to the Federal bench, and his…”

On the recordMarch 7, 1996
This is a city in America, and this is a judge now appointed by the Clinton administration to the Federal bench, and his decision is that when police look at somebody engaged in what they believe is strange activity, those people decide to cut and run, the police are not entitled to determine that there is something suspicious going on and make a stop?
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John Shadegg
Arizona

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Discussing a judicial decision related to police authority during a floor speech.

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