https://padlet.com/john_donohue/db3wrp3qglp8 Christopher Drayton and Clifton Brown were traveling on a Greyhound bus. In Tallahassee, Florida, police officers boarded the bus as part of a routine interdiction effort. One of the officers worked his way from back to front, speaking with individual passengers as he went. The officer did not inform the passengers of their right to refuse to cooperate. As the officer approached Drayton and Brown, he identified himself, declared that the police were looking for drugs and weapons, and asked if the two had any bags. Subsequently, the officer asked Brown whether he minded if he checked his person. Brown agreed and a pat-down revealed hard objects similar to drug packages in both thigh areas. When Drayton agreed, a pat-down revealed similar objects. Both were arrested. A further search revealed that Drayton and Brown had taped cocaine to their legs. Charged with federal drug crimes, Drayton and Brown moved to suppress the cocaine on the ground that their consent to the pat-down searches was invalid. In denying the motions, the District Court determined that the police conduct was not coercive and Drayton and Brown's consent to the search was voluntary. In reversing, the Court of Appeals noted that bus passengers do not feel free to disregard officers' requests to search absent some positive indication that consent may be refused. Must police officers, while searching buses at random to ask questions and to request passengers' consent to searches, advise passengers of their right not to cooperate? en-us 2017-10-13 18:01:56 UTC 2026-03-17 16:55:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/john_donohue/db3wrp3qglp8/wish/200842761 The officer did not inform the passengers of their right to refuse the search. Not everyone knows their rights, and there is also a common theme of police brutality when a request is refused. ]]> 2017-10-26 14:40:11 UTC https://padlet.com/john_donohue/db3wrp3qglp8/wish/200842761 https://padlet.com/john_donohue/db3wrp3qglp8/wish/200842814 The officer had asked for consent and waited for the two defendants to consent before proceeding with the search. They did NOT revoke the consent.]]> 2017-10-26 14:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/john_donohue/db3wrp3qglp8/wish/200842814 https://padlet.com/john_donohue/db3wrp3qglp8/wish/200852785 2017-10-26 14:57:30 UTC https://padlet.com/john_donohue/db3wrp3qglp8/wish/200852785 https://padlet.com/john_donohue/db3wrp3qglp8/wish/200852855 2017-10-26 14:57:35 UTC https://padlet.com/john_donohue/db3wrp3qglp8/wish/200852855 https://padlet.com/john_donohue/db3wrp3qglp8/wish/200853005 they asked for consent and did not have to inform them of their rights ]]> 2017-10-26 14:57:47 UTC https://padlet.com/john_donohue/db3wrp3qglp8/wish/200853005 https://padlet.com/john_donohue/db3wrp3qglp8/wish/200853209 2017-10-26 14:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/john_donohue/db3wrp3qglp8/wish/200853209 https://padlet.com/john_donohue/db3wrp3qglp8/wish/200853363 2017-10-26 14:58:21 UTC https://padlet.com/john_donohue/db3wrp3qglp8/wish/200853363 https://padlet.com/john_donohue/db3wrp3qglp8/wish/200853871 2017-10-26 14:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/john_donohue/db3wrp3qglp8/wish/200853871