If they weren't free to leave without being chased by a man with a gun, it wasn't a voluntary interaction.Jumping Frog wrote:Labrat, a police officer is legally allowed to initiate a conversation with any pedestrian for any reason or no reason at all. This is no different than you or I initiating a conversation with a person.
A police officer can ask another person any question they want to ask, just like you or I can ask another person a question.
So long as the interaction remains voluntary, such that a reasonable person would know or should know that they do not need to interact with the police officer, there is no requirement for reasonable articulable suspicion (RAS) or for probable cause (PC).
Once the interaction becomes non-voluntary, where a person is detained for example, then the requirement for RAS or PC comes into play.
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