Indeed.
In Ornelas v. United States, even the Supreme Court couldn't define exactly what is "reasonable suspicion".
AndArticulating precisely what "reasonable suspicion" and "probable cause" mean is not possible. They are commonsense, nontechnical conceptions that deal with "`the factual and practical considerations of everyday life on which reasonable and prudent men, not legal technicians, act.
The guy acted strange and aggressive, while armed. The stop was perfectly reasonable, even if somewhat inept.The principal components of a determination of reasonable suspicion or probable cause will be the events which occurred leading up to the stop or search, and then the decision whether these historical facts, viewed from the standpoint of an objectively reasonable police officer amount to reasonable suspicion or to probable cause.



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