Officer Taylor's Argumentative Essay

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Officer Taylor’s thoughts on “those people” should not affect her decision-making skills. It is not fair to judge someone on the color of the skin or race. That thought process is garbage and needs to be fixed. At that point Officer Taylor’s mindset is not using facts. Officer Taylor wants to stop crime but locking the wrong person up doesn’t help anything. You must have evidence or probable cause. The definition I got off the Webster website says Evidence that gives someone a reason to think that a crime has been or is being committed. Officer Taylor is acting off suspicion.

Officer Taylor made the stop due to a broken tail light on the vehicle. At this point she has a cause to pull a person over. A broken light is a safety violation. …show more content…

Officer Taylor is doing the right thing and chases after her. The suspect is not being cooperative and is breaking the law at the same time. The suspect is putting others’ lives at risk. The suspect would not have driven away if she wasn’t hiding something. Officer Taylor has made the right call not letting this person get away.

Yes, the gun was in plain view. Plain view is the method that they used to retrieve the gun. Officer Taylor knew what a gun looked like so it was pretty much cut and dry. Having the gun in the glove compartment or sealed in the dashboard is not plain view. If the officer did open the glove compartment to locate the gun, that evidence would be thrown out of court. After the arrest the car will be impounded. It’s at that moment they do a full search of the vehicle and find more evidence in a controlled environment. The marijuana bag would ne inadmissible evidence. Officer Taylor illegally searched her purse. The reason she went into her purse was to try to identify the suspect. She should have waited for the EMT’s or backup to identify her and make that call. This Information I got from the Miranda Rights webpage It says It Must be able to show the chain of custody from the original document creator to the person who now holds it. That means If Officer Taylor opened the purse that means she would have write down how she got the item proving it to thrown at in

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