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Mcfadden Case Summary

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outer clothing. McFadden asked one of the young men to take off his jacket once he felt a weapon in his underclothing during the pat down. The young man proceeded to take off his jacket as instructed. McFadden retrieved a revolver and decided to arrest the three young men. One of the young men was named terry and decided to argue that McFadden had indeed violated their fourth amendment right. Truth is their fourth amendment right wasn’t violated. McFadden had probable cause to stop these gentlemen and he also had reasonable suspicion which granted him the right to search the young men. Now stop and think for a moment, what if McFadden actually wouldn’t have stopped the group of young men? Could they have possibly robbed the store and hurt or
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