I’m back with a new episode of The Untold Stories of the Civil Rights Movement, where I look at some of the most important civil rights cases. I quickly unpack their stories and why I believe they are significant. This series is an adaption to an ad hoc seminar I created while a student at Duke University School of Law.
This week I look at Terry v. Ohio (1968), which deals with a current hot issue: “stop and frisk.” In this case, John Terry, Richard Chilton and Carl Katz were stopped and frisked by Det. Martin McFadden after he observed them behaving in a suspicious manner. During the frisk, McFadden discovered concealed weapons on both Terry and Chilton. Both men were charged with having a concealed and their attorney, former Congressman Louis Stokes, filed a motion to suppress the weapon. He argued that McFadden subjected Terry and Chilton to an unlawful search. The case made its way to the high court and the result continues to impact policing to the present day.
Resources:
Oral Argument: https://www.oyez.org/cases/1967/67
Trial Court Records: https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/terryvohio_cuyahogacountycourtofcommonpleasdocs/
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