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The irony of living in a high crime area is that it makes the innocent more susceptible to searches and arrests. The case of Commonwealth v. Karen K<\/a>. <\/em>looks at a juvenile who was searched based on a police officer’s assumptions about the local area.<\/p>\n

What happened in the Karen K. case? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Karen K. is a juvenile who resides in the Boston area. On November 1st, 2018, a concerned resident of a housing complex called the Boston Police Department to report that a group of “kids” was loitering and displaying a gun outside the complex. Officer Lopes reported to the scene. He was familiar with the complex because he had made many arrests there in the past. Lopes had a negative connotation associated with this building, and police had responded to shots fired at the building that same week.<\/p>\n

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The irony of living in a high crime area is that it makes the innocent more susceptible to searches and arrests. The case of Commonwealth v. Karen K. looks at a juvenile who was searched based on a police officer’s assumptions about the local area. What happened in the Karen K. case? Karen K. is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gun-offenses"],"yoast_head":"\nMassachusetts Appeals Court address when a Stop Frisk is permitted under the 4th Amendment — Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog — March 20, 2021<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The irony of living in a high crime area is that it makes the innocent more susceptible to searches and arrests. The case of Commonwealth v. 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