WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court sided Monday with Washington, D.C., in a case concerning how courts assess Fourth Amendment violations, directing judges to consider the totality of the circumstances when analyzing police officers’ conduct.
In February 2023, Washington, D.C. police officer Clifford Vanterpool responded to a dispatch report around 2 a.m., directing him to check out a suspicious vehicle at an apartment complex. When Vanterpool arrived, he observed two people flee from the vehicle before the driver began backing up with one of the passenger doors still open.
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