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probability
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STADTMUELLER, Judge. District City of of March On to an Fitchburg police responded anonymous reporting 911 call *3 loudly and twenty-five acting individuals lot. displaying guns parking hand scene, arriving at the the officers Upon something a smaller observed different: individuals, ap- none group of of whom acting inappropriately. to be peared had approached group, this which officers slowly. appar- For no begun disperse reason, out singled one of the officers ent Williams, appellant, per- Andre began formed frisk. Mr. Williams escape, tried but resist frisk and Thereafter, restrained. ultimately body searched his and found both officers handgun ‘ecstasy’ Mr. pills. and several charged arrested and with Williams was being possession a felon in of a firearm. to suppress He moved the evidence seized him, ultimately judge from but the district Thereafter, his motion. denied pled guilty possession Williams felon, firearm as convicted but reserved At right appeal. sentencing, his judge sentencing two en- applied district hancements, significantly which increased applicable offense level and William’s advisory range imprisonment under the sentencing guidelines. Following sentenc- ing, appealed Mr. Williams conviction Rumbelow, M. Rita Office of the United court, arguing and sentence to this Madison, WI, Plain- Attorney, the evidence to obtain the conviction used tiff-Appellee. and, suppressed, in the should been Bierma, Linnen, L. K. Fed- Erika Julie alternative, judge the district erred in Services, Madison, WI, for eral Defender sentencing applying the enhancements. Defendant-Appellant. unlawful, find that the We search was
accordingly sup- the denial of his reverse HAMILTON, motion, judgment RIPPLE and vacate his pression Before conviction, STADTMUELLER, ad- Judges, and remand the matter for Circuit this Judge.* proceedings consistent with District ditional * the East- tion. The Honorable J.P. Stadtmueller of Wisconsin, designa- sitting by ern District of
opinion. we underly- Because reverse the approached group any- conviction, ing judgment way. we need not As approached, the group ap- sentencing reach the enhancement issue. parently began disperse, but no one
attempted to flee the scene. Each mem- Background I. group appeared ber of the to act in the manner, same avoiding eye On the of March contact 11:25 the officers and p.m., report walking slowly a woman called 911 to away the area. presence large of а group of individuals parking lot outside of a in Fitchburg, bar For reasons that entirely unclear Wisconsin. The woman provide refused to record, from the began the officers to per- name, explained her but that there were *4 pat-downs form on the members of the approximately twenty-five people, three or group. Jesberger Officer singled out Mr. four of “guns whom she had observed with Williams, in particular, and requested report any out.” She did not fighting or Mr. Williams step forward and display his behavior, threatening only instead inform- hands. At evidentiary the hearing on this ing the 911 dispatcher the issue, Jesberger Officer stated that he being loitering were loud while in the started to “zero in” on Mr. Williams “once Schneid’s, (to parking lot of a local bar Jesberger] [Officer way saw the [Mr. police apparently which the respond quite However, was acting.” Williams] violence, reports often due to gang ac- Jesberger provide any did not further de- tivity, drugs, weapons). what, tail precisely, piqued his interest receiving tip, As result of this Williams, in Mr. as opposed to the other dispatcher City sounded a tone at the While, group. members of the apparently, (“the Fitchburg Department’s Police De- Mr. making eye Williams was not contact partment”) headquarters indicating a with the officers and attеmpting was
weapons call. during That tone issued slowly scene, away move from the all of Department’s nightly briefing, and a num- the evidence indicates that every other immediately ber of officers up suited to member of group doing exactly was respond to the call. the same thing. The officers parking drove to Schneid’s Jesberger After Officer requested that lot, arriving three to five minutes after the forward, step Mr. Williams Mr. Williams call, and observed a much different scene ‘Why?,” asked but was compliant every reported by than that anonymous call- respect. other At Jesberger’s re- er. Instead of seeing group twenty- quest, stepped Mr. Williams out from his men, belligerent five the officers discover- cars, position between two showed his only eight ed standing to ten individuals hands, placed and then his hands on his group around a parking cars lot. head. At the time the approached officers group, the individuals were not loud or Officer Jesberger began pat then acting disruptively, otherwise nor were down Mr. point, Williams. At that Mr. fact, displaying their began firearms. Williams to move his hands toward officers, Ryan one of the Jesberger, testi- his Jesberger waist. Officer warned Mr. so, fied that he and the other officers from his Williams to do but Mr. Williams department were not even sure that this continued to move Accordingly, his hands. smaller was the Jesberger same one that had Officer attempted to handcuff reported by anonymous Williams, been away caller. Mr. who pulled instead that the final determination jected to the He did not the scene. to run from tried govern- suppressed; not be gun took him should very far before other get finding objected magistrate’s Mr. to the The officers held ment ground. down to the frisk unconstitutional. and directed that the ground to the Williams from underneath hands out pull he his objections pending were be- While (or him, perhaps did not but Mr. Williams Conley, Mr. Judge District fore William not) They then attempted comply. could agreement a plea entered into Williams him by striking with comply him to get agreed plead He government. worked, tasering him. This their knee and right appeal reserved his guilty, but finally able Jesberger and Officer gun that the judge district determined However, during handcuff Williams. suppressed. not be should his scuffle, injured officer this another eventually determined judge The district it in an unnatural he moved knee when suppressed, and should not be way. guilty. pro- The matter pled Mr. Williams detained, successfully Mr. Williams With probation sentencing. toward gressed pat-down search performed the officers presentence report, de- prepared officer handgun, person and recovered range of guideline termining Mr. William’ ecstasy pills, approximately several *5 forty- thirty-seven to be imprisonment They immediately placed in cash. $600.00 judge applied sentencing six months. under arrest. Mr. Williams enhancements, and ulti- sentencing two 18, 2012, Mr. Williams was April On sentence. mately imposed 70-month District of Wiscon- indicted in the Western appealed, arguing Mr. Williams sin, being a felon charged and failing erred in to exclude judge district firearm, in violation of 18 of a possession applying and in both of the the firearm § 922(g)(1). U.S.C. Because we sentencing enhancements. suppress gun He then moved failure to exclude the fire- agree that the during from him Officer Jesber- recovered error, we need not reach the arm was argued sup ger’s frisk. Mr. Williams sentencing issues. because the offi appropriate, was pression on did not have a reasonable cers II. Discussion investiga either their initial which to base judge that the district If we determine the frisk of Mr. tory stop perform or to firearm, suppressed the then should have Stephen Magistrate Judge Williams. judgment Mr. we must vacate Williams’ evidentiary hearing Crocker held In such a we need not conviction. later, after approximately motion one week sentencing enhancement issue. review he recommended that Mr. which time magis motion be denied. Williams’ upon which we grounds There are two that the frisk was judge suggested trate have been can find that should sufficiently was delib unconstitutional but First, if suppressed. we determine gun, of the require erate to exclusion Williams, when Officer stop initial logic of the of Her proposing an extension step him out from the Jesberger asked States, 185, 129 v. 555 U.S. ring United frisk, to a was unconsti- group and submit (2009), 172 L.Ed.2d S.Ct. tutional, determine that then we must also Terry stop. in a warrantless frisk occurrences, including the all of the later firearm, were recovery government frisk Both Mr. Williams unconstitutional, likely war- similarly ob- objected ruling. to that Mr. Williams Second, suppression. we were B. rant even Discussion stop per- that the initial determine mentioned, As we already there missible, must then we ask whether the junctures two at which we could find If we frisk itself was constitutional. find the search leading to the recovery of the not, recovery that it was then the later firearm to be unconstitutional: at the mo- unconstitutional, the firearm was also like- ment Williams that Mr. singled out ly warranting suppression of the firearm. or at stopped, the moment that Mr. follow, For the reasons we find that Williams was Slightly frisked. different unconstitutional, the frisk was and there- legal apply standards to each of those situ- fore hold that the district judge erred ations, so we address them separately. denying suppress. Mr. motion Williams’ See, Illinois, e.g., Ybarra Accordingly, we do not reach the sentenc- (1979) L.Ed.2d 238 ing enhancement issue. that, (pointing out even if an initial lawful, subsequent frisk must sepa- A. Standard of Review rately supported constitutional); to be judge’s We review the district denial of United v. McKoy, 428 F.3d motion, suppression Williams’ review (7th Cir.2005) (“It is insufficient that the ing error findings factual clear valid; stop itself is must sepa- there be a legal questions both conclusions and mixed analysis rate of whether the standard for of law and fact de novo. United States v. met.”). pat-frisks has been Freeman, (7th Cir.2012) Huebner, (citing United States v. Stop Initial (7th Cir.2004)); 812-13 United States Burnside, 516-17 portion my opinion, this *6 Cir.2009) v. (citing Mosby, United States Hamilton, disagree Judge with and find (7th 764, Cir.2008); 541 F.3d 767 United that the police stop officers’ initial Groves, (7th 506, v.
States 509 530 F.3d group of individuals was lawful. Cir.2008); McIntire, United States v. 516 576, (7th Cir.2008); F.3d 578-79 United may suspect Police officers detain a Fiasche, 694, (7th v. States 520 F.3d 697 stop for a brief if investigatory they have a Cir.2008)). suspicion “reasonable based articulable upon this we are called to facts that a crime is to about be or has
In Carlisle, examine the legal district court’s determi been committed.” 614 at F.3d Wimbush, that Jesberger’s stop (citing nation and 754-55 United States v. 947, (7th Cir.2003)); frisk Mr. Terry Williams was constitutional. 337 F.3d 949 v. Ohio, 1, parties disagree 21, 1868, do over factu 392 S.Ct. 20 U.S. 88 rеcord, (1968). al as set forth judge. requires the district L.Ed.2d This “more 889 Rather, their dispute solely is over the than a hunch than probable but less Anders, application 818, the relevant law those cause.” v. 521 Jewett F.3d (7th Cir.2008) our Accordingly, facts. review of the dis 823 Illinois v. (citing Ward low, 119, judge’s 123, 673, trict stop determination on the and 528 120 S.Ct. 145 U.S. (2000); particularly frisk must be de be L.Ed.2d 570 United States v. Le novo— “ (7th Cir.2003)). issue,” noir, 725, happened’ cause ‘what is in not an 318 729 To F.3d Carlisle, this case. States v. 614 find that United reasonable existed (7th Cir.2010) 750, (citing justify stop, 754 Burn as must examine Court 516). side, totality 588 F.3d at of the circumstances in the 684 use the report, may hand, emergency of the light at in individual
situation
itself,
justify Terry stop, pro-
a
experience,
report,
training
own
officers’
ongoing
it finds
“the
an
stop
report
that
describes
uphold the
vided that
should
‘particularized
crimi-
detaining
general
officer
as
emergency,
opposed
ha[d]
legal wrong
suspecting
Hicks,
objective basis’ for
at 558-59
nality.
531 F.3d
See
Arvizu,
J.L.,
v.
534 U.S.
doing.” United States
529 U.S.
(distinguishing Florida v.
744,
266, 273,
Do those taken in permissible Teiry stop. making another, finding support one *7 See, id.; Terry, 392 at 88 e.g., U.S. Jesberger suspicion had a reasonable to S.Ct. 1868. Yes, very this but is a stop Williams? call.
close Moreover, changed that conclusion is not (and by made call, the fact that the 911 call was despite The 911 in and of itself argues that anonymously. Mr. Williams anonymous), provided Officer Jes- being not a reasonable support a the 911 call could berger with reasonable J.L., suspicion, it was made responding to an under because Mr. Williams. When Indeed, very acting egre- large group a of who were this is much more situation gious presented in J.L. In that reported than J.L. a situ- loud. Whereas the caller Supreme tip reporting a Court examined merely pos- ation in which individual J.L., possession of a firearm. 529 the mere sessing gun public, in this case the caller 273-74, Here, S.Ct. 1375. on the U.S. 120 reported dangerous situation the much more hand, reported far other the caller more: that displaying guns in a multiple of individuals guns being openly displayed were in a bar may construed as situation that been lot, parking police frequently report- to which fight. gang response activity, by ed in to crime and
685
anonymously. That
is incorrect. The
conduct
Terry stop;
again, he is incor-
fact that
anonymous
rect,
mere
the caller was
though this is a much closer question.
enough,
under
J.L.
make the 911
points out,
As Mr. Williams
the 911 caller
Hicks,
call per se unreliable.
531 F.3d at
reported that there was a group of 25 or
Brown,
(citing
558-59
United States v.
496 more
individuals
the parking lot being
(10th
Cir.2007);
F.3d
1077
United
very
arrived,
loud. When the officers
only
(4th
Elstоn,
v.
479 F.3d
319
eight to ten
remained,
individuals
ap-
Cir.2007);
Drake,
United States v.
456 parently none of them
acting
were
in a
(7th
Cir.2006);
F.3d
775
United States
loud
threatening
manner.
IBut
find
Terry-Crespo,
356 F.3d
1176
that those facts are not enough
strip
Cir.2004); Anthony
York,
City
New
of
report
of either its credibility or of its
(2d
129, 136-37
Cir.2003);
339 F.3d
United
emergency nature.
Holloway,
States v.
290 F.3d
1338-39
This does not undermine the report’s
(11th Cir.2002); United States v. Valen
credibility.
issue,
As to that
I
again
look
tine,
(3d
Cir.2000));
see
Hicks,
which noted that “a lower level of
Wooden,
also United States v.
required
corroboration is
before conduct-
(“Doubtless
greater confidence can be
ing a stop on the basis of an emergency
achieved when
know caller’s iden
report.”
Quarles,
531 F.3d at
(citing
...
tity
yet,
practical
as a
matter a name
2626).
Thus,
here,
given by a caller does not make a tip any
where the caller
anonymous,
remained
but
anonymous
less
...
it would undermine
provided very specific details about
goal
system
the 911
require
location and
of group men,
activities
prove
identity.”).
caller to
long
So
as
believe that low level of corroboration is
reported
the call
an ongoing emergency,
satisfied. Additionally, while
group
may
Hicks,
J.L.
distinguished.
smaller,
by approximately one-half to
(“Every
558-59
circuit to consider
two-thirds, upon the arrival
police,
question
distinguished
has
J.L. when
fact should not undermine the credibility
tip
is not one
general criminality,
of the call. The officers arrived within
ongoing
but of an
emergency
very
... or
minutes,
three to five
which is more than
Here,
recent
activity.”)
criminal
where
enough time for
participants
some
to have
provided
the caller also
information re
(especially
left
if frightened
were
garding how she obtained the information
situation)
an escalating violent
but not like-
on which she based her report, I find it
ly enough time for an entire group of 25
appropriate to hold that Officer Jesberger
people to have left
replaced
and been
by a
had a
stop.
for the
eight
new
to ten. Accordingly, I
Wooden,
(“The
weapon
McKoy,
separate
at
This
responded
Police
39.
girlfriend.
Id.
with his
necessary
public
the
the
reported
protect
a
near
standard is
couple
found
and
frisks,
scene,
longer arguing.
Id.
which are “a serious intrusion
were no
who
circumstances, we
sanctity
person,
may
in
of the
which
Despite
change
upon
the
of the armed
upheld
stop
indignity
strong
inflict
arouse
great
nonetheless
Id.,
same
Teny,
at 649-50. The
at
individual.
resentment.”
392 U.S.
Any
in
change
Thus,
the
here.
given
case
more burden-
should
S.Ct. 1868.
present
and their
frisk,
the number
action
some
such
intrusion
very
have been attribut-
activity could
well
the officer
only
should
be allowed when
and the
to the arrival of
able
point
can
facts that would
to articulable
call and
officers’
time between the
condi-
separate
specific
establish the
change
That
from volatile to sta-
arrival.
weapon or
tion
the detainee has a
ble,
quickly,
not
happened very
was
which
poses
danger.
88 S.Ct.
some
Id.
Indeed, in a
permanent.
to be
guaranteed
words,
perform-
1868. In other
an officer
guns
which
previously-volatile situation
ing
stop may
automatically
Terry
can
recently
reported, officers
have
been
subject
frisk
to the stop;
the individual
should)
(and
with a
likely
proceed
reason-
so,
rather,
to do
the officer must have
may
out
suspicion that violence
break
able
subject
some articulable
Moreover, the situ-
again in a short time.
dangerous.”
is “armed and
Arizona v.
drastically that
changed
had not
so
ation
Johnson,
129 S.Ct.
officers should have assumed that the
(2009);
For these reasons find Jesberger’s stop sup- was of Williams Again, begin analysis by our examin- we suspicion. ported Accord- ing the circumstances that Officer Jesber- properly the district court found that ingly, ger deciding relied may upon permissible. government frisk Mr. Williams. The as- supported following serts that facts Subsequent Frisk Jesberger’s to frisk Mr. decision Judge agree, Both Hamilton and I group, gen- the fact that Williams: hand, the other that the district court’s eral, eye contact the officers avoided on the frisk issue in error. decision away to move from the area started arrival; upon the fact that Mr. analyze
A court must the officers’ reviewing Williams, stop, particular, his hands in separately apply from an initial had frisk *9 waistband, his pocket or near avoided ing slightly a different standard to deter See, eye contact, began away from lawful. to move mine whether the frisk was area; 325, the fact that this all occurred 342 n. 110 S.Ct. 108 L.Ed.2d area; high a crime (1990) and the fact that the (applying Terry’s principles to police responding were to a 911 call re- house). protective sweep fact, of a In even porting weapons. police when have a warrant to search the area, premises of an they must have facts, sepa-
None together, of those alone or rate, particularized cause to could have sеarch the supported suspi reasonable cion that Mr. who are coincidentally Williams was armed and therein. Illinois, dangerous. begin, To Court cannot Ybarra v. 444 U.S. at see how group’s general behavior 338. Just as patron “[e]ach who walked possibly support could suspi into the” premises searched in Ybarra was Williams, himself, that Mr. cion was armed “clothed with protection constitutional Moreover, dangerous. neither against an unreasonable search an sei- group behavior nor Mr. per Williams’ own zure,” so was Mr. Williams when he stood sonal behavior support could a reasonable parking lot on the in question. suspicion that danger he was armed and Thus, here, Id. where the officers knew of people, ous. Most when confronted high area, crime nature of the but had officer, nervous, likely to act reasonable, no other basis for individual- contact, eye avoid potentially even ized suspicion Williams, of Mr. the frisk shift their bodies as if to away move inappropriate. was still area, making thus such behaviors of Finally, while officers were responding very import little to reasonable call, weapons to a that fact give could not See, e.g., determination. United States v. rise to a (7th reasonable belief Broomfield, 417 F.3d Cir.
2005) Williаms, personally, was armed and dan- (noting importance eye con gerous. purely subjective By arrived, tact is the time easily the officers skewed by police support officers to their view of a situation looked much different than situation); United States v. Simpson, 609 had been reported during the 911 call. (10th Cir.2010); F.3d United Considerably fewer people present, were Urrieta, (6th States v. 520 F.3d and the present individuals who were were Cir.2008); 40; McKoy, 428 United acting loudly displaying weap- their Portillo-Aguirre, States v. 311 F.3d Thus, arrival, upon ons. their the officers (5th Cir.2002); 656 n. 49 United practically had no reason to believe that Jones, Cir.2001); any of the remaining individuals were Richardson, and United States v. Indeed, dangerous. armed and the indi- (6th Cir.2004). 625, 630-31 viduals with guns may have been among the 15 to 20 individuals who had left the Additionally, while we understand group between the time of the call and the the fact that a high- occurs Moreover, officers’ arrival. the 911 caller may crime area Terry, factor under provide any did not information that would we believe that the rest of the case for a have identified Mr. Williams as one of the frisk, here, was so weak that this factor individuals in possession weapon. of a cannot save the frisk. in high “Even sum, areas, vague, the 911 call was crime circumstances possibility any where the given changed, had and therefore we individual is armed is cannot en- significant, reasonable, Terry requires vision that the call support individualized a reasonable weapons before a frisk for belief Mr. can be Williams was armed and dan- Buie, conducted.” Maryland v. gerous. *10 nearby began in Cadillac. Id. Patton to back one of those facts taking every
Even
another,
away
group, stepping
from the
backwards
must
one
we
conjunction with
five and
feet onto
by approximately
fifteen
sup-
that,
they do not
together,
conclude
previ-
the lawn behind the sidewalk he had
that Mr. Williams
a reasonable belief
port
Id.,
At an
ously
standing
been
on.
at 736.
dangerous.
govern-
The
armed and
was
evidentiary hearing,
arresting
officer
required
that
Jes-
to show
Officer
ment
suspect
away
that
stated
when
backs
supported by
frisk
articulable
berger’s
was
manner,
that
typically
that
it
means
that
specifically
facts that could establish
subject
or is
to an
individual has a
dangerous.
armed
was
Mr. Williams
outstanding
Id.
was
warrant.
The officer
facts, here,
general,
much more
are
eventually
bring Mr.
toward
able to
Patton
practically any
applied
could
Cadillac,
Mr. Patton
where he frisked
that
the area
had been around
person
a firearm.
The district
and discovered
Id.
night.
that
up
the officers shоwed
when
permissible
held that the frisk was
court
Indeed,
support
similar
facts could
But,
a number
and we affirmed.
there are
anyone
happens
practically
who
search
factors in
case. To
distinguishing
that
area
when
high-crime
to be near
Patton,
begin,
part
the defendant
was
very
That is
evil
are called.
police
law,
that
group
openly violating
was
Terry
court was concerned with
that
he, himself,
did
have a beer
even
unleashing,
Terry
reason
and the
hand,
Here,
his hand.
on the
nei-
other
ability
restrained the
to frisk. See
court
Mr. Williams nor
as a
ther
17-18,
1868.
Terry, 392 U.S.
88 S.Ct.
— n
way
acting illegally
any
was
whole
Accordingly,
obliged
conclude
we
indeed, they
bellig-
even
were not
loud or
Jesberger’s
of Mr.
that Officer
frisk
when
erent
arrived. Additional-
Williams was unconstitutional.2
that was
ly, Mr. Patton exhibited behavior
argues
The Government
that our recent
concerning
much more
than
apparent
Patton,
in United States v.
decision
behavior,
Patton
Mr. Williams’
here. Mr.
(7th Cir.2013),
oppo-
compels
by
being
up
backed
at least five feet after
conclusion,
disagree.
we
Patton is
site
but
step forward,
sidewalk
leaving
told
In that
re-
distinguishable.
it; here,
moving
lawn
onto the
behind
eight
to a
of seven
men
sponded
report
hand,
Jesberger
the other
re-
Officer
Id.,
drinking
public
alcohol on a
sidewalk.
(as
only
Mr.
well as
ported
Williams
came at
a.m. from
report
at 735.
1:30
group)
the rest of the
to move
seemed
high-crime neighborhood,
where there
nervously.
away and act
Jesber-
shootings.
had been recent
Id. When
ger
identify any specific
did not
movement
scene,
arrived on the
the officers saw sev-
him
act Mr.
Williams that caused
cans,
open
eral men with
beer
but Mr.
concern,
pointed
general
but rather
to a
Patton, himself, did not
a beer can.
move-
sense
nervousness
backward
men, ment,
Id. The officers
all of the
all of
instructed
which occurred before
Patton,
including Mr.
toward a
asked to
forward.
step
step
Williams was
Certainly,
Jesberger
suspi
2.
it must be noted that Mr.
had some reasonable
attempts
frisk
and dan
Williams resisted officers'
cion
Mr. Williams
armed
fact,
Odum,
See,
disregard
gerous.
e.g.,
him. But we must
be
United States v.
(7th Cir.1995); Michigan
noncompliance
only
after
F.3d
Chesternut,
cause
occurred
began.
analysis,
purposes
the frisk
For
of our
(1988);
Jesberger
Terry,
U.S. at
we must look to what Officer
knew
689
But,
more
fact,
generally compliant
can often be
under
Mr. Williams
comfortable.
view,
until
the
if
of the officers’ commands
the
dissent’s
Mr.
had
with all
Williams
not
simply decided
to avail
that
began,
nothing
and did
whatsoever
himself of
frisk
comfort, he would not have
subject
been
singled
out from
that would
himself
this,
a frisk.
we
On
should note that we
of the
There-
group.
the other members
that pocketed
do not believe
are
hands
fore,
distinguish-
believe that Patton is
we
entirely
nor do
irrelevant
we create a cate-
in
apply
does not
this case.
able and
Indeed,
gorical
finding
rule
them so.
if
note, here, that all
important
It is
pocketed
one’s
in
hands
an awkward
reject
panel
members of this
the
three
way
if it
or
seems that the
individual
view that
were
Government’s
the officers
holding a larger-than-average item in his
every person present
entitled
frisk
pocket,
her
those facts
lead a
could
certainly
It is
clear that
the scene.
reasonable officer to believe that a
requisite
suspi-
the
lacked
individualized
therein,
was contained
support
a frisk.
Nonetheless,
do so.
eviden-
cion to
at the
But,
simple act
holding
the
hands
one’s
that,
hearing it
when
tiary
became clear
search,
in
grounds
should not be
for a
even
scene, they
the officers arrived on the
each
night
at
in
high-crime
it occurs
area.
a separate member or members of
stopped
support a
seemingly
We cannot
rule that
(“Other
See R.
at
group.
19-22
would
those people
typically
allow
who
were
and con-
arriving
on scene
(read:
spend
in “low crime”
time
areas
subjects
that
tacting
various
within
town)
more affluent areas of
walk
deem
attempting
obviously
pocketed
hands
around with
at
while
safe.”). Thus,
Jesberger
scene
Officer
subject
search,
being
depriv-
not
while
likely
stopped
would have
and frisked Mr.
higher
in
ing people
crime
of that
areas
regardless
placement
of the
of his
Williams
same ability.
placed
The fact of
had
hands.
where he
reason
simply
his hands was
convenient
Herring
3.
v. United States
so,
doing
afterwards.
question
final
we
ask is
must
Nonetheless,
fact,
even taken
single
Jesberger’s
whether
frisk Mr.
Officer
conjunction
in
with all of
other facts
so deliberate that
exclu
Williams was
frisk,
surrounding
not sup-
still does
sionary
apply. Herring
should
v.
rule
suspicion.
begin,
port a
To
States,
135, 129
555
United
U.S.
S.Ct.
immediately
his hands
Williams
removed
(2009);
172
496
see also
L.Ed.2d
Hudson
pockets
Jesberger’s
his
from
586, 591,
547
Michigan,
U.S.
request.
only
It was
after Mr. Williams
(2006) (exclusion
56
is a
165 L.Ed.2d
had removed his hands that Officer Jes-
resort, not our first impulse”);
“last
Unit
decided to frisk him. Further-
berger
Leon,
104
ed States v.
U.S.
more,
simple
fact that one’s hands are
(1984);
S.Ct.
III. Conclusion HAMILTON, Judge, concurring Circuit Last, appropriate we it address feel judgment. part concurring points in the dis- several additional raised join portions Judge I Stadtmuel- First, Judge Ripple sent. overstates the opinion holding ler’s frisk of de- “approached” fact that Mr. Williams Offi- his fendant Williams violated constitutional pock- his Jesberger cer hands in his is rights good-faith exception that no Op. at Dissenting ets. 696. While rule. exclusionary available avoid the true,
may,
it
clari-
technically, be
should be
join
therefore
in the
to re-
judgment
also
approached
fied that
Mr. Williams
verse the
of the
court
judgment
district
im-
Jesberger
request
at the officer’s
and to
for further proceedings.
remand
mediately
from his
removed
hands
request.
join
portion
opinion
This sort
I do not
of the
pockets
the officer’s
II-B-1)
(Part
compliant
makings
holding
offi-
behavior is not the
lawfully carry
Terry stop
could
out
person
that a
cers
Moreover,
portion
opin-
armed and
this is a
Mr.
That
dangerous.
of Williams.
necessary
picture
painted
actually
judg-
much
ion is not
to the
different
than
ment,
one,
by Judge Ripple:
question
never
and the
a close
Williams
especially as state law and federal
Fitchburg
consti
Police Department, six or seven
officers,
evolving
provide
tutional law have been
headquarters
was at
for the night-
expanded protection for
posses
ly briefing.
individual
responded
im-
AH
public.
sion of firearms in
mediately.
See Rabin v.
minutes,
Within five
they ar-
(7th
Cir.2013)
Flynn, 725 F.3d
637-41
rived outside the bar with
“guns
their own
(Rovner, J., concurring); Moore v. Madi
out.” The officers found eight to ten peo-
(7th Cir.2012)
gan, 702 F.3d
ple remaining outside the bar. But by the
(striking
prohibiting
down Illinois law
most
arrival,
time of the officers’
no guns were
carrying
visible,
firearms in public),
anyone
nor was
in the remaining
denied,
reh’g en banc
mitted or is about to commit a crime.
Did the
have reasonable suspicion
Ohio,
1, 22-23,
Terry v.
392 U.S.
88 S.Ct.
to justify
Terry
stop
everyone,
of
or of
(1968);
States
“criminal or malicious intent.”
indication of
(1981).
690, 66
S.Ct.
L.Ed.2d 621
first
people
The 911 caller said
that several
they
disorderly con- had
оut” and later that
were
qualification
“guns
The
about
guns
a new
law.
but not
“waving”
threatening
duct is based on
Wisconsin
the
anyone.
guns
disturbing
incident
occurred on March
may
here
Visible
earlier,
Some months
Wisconsin had
nearby,
point
2012.
those
but that’s the
the
disorderly
its
conduct statute to
Merely
amended
statute.
possessing
new Wisconsin
possess
civilians’
even
protect
rights
or
without criminal or
displaying
public
display
places.
law,
loaded firearms
the
intent does not violate
malicious
disorderly
July
the
conduct
Before
fright-
or
display
disturbing
even if the
provided:
had
statute
ening
stop
A
does
Terry
to others.
not
arrest,
Whoever,
require probable cause for an
public
private place,
in a
or
abusive,
indecent,
violent,
course,
requires
sus-
engages
but it still
reasonable
original
twenty-five
support
group
remaining
the
The facts here do not
the conclu-
or
police
responding
to an
eight
any
sion
were
group of
to ten—or
individual with-
ordinary disorderly
They
call.
conduct
were
"unreasonably
group
loud” or
the
guns,
responding to a
call about
and the
"boisterous,” possibly triggering the disorder-
guns were the
the situation was treat-
reason
ly
considering
without
wheth-
conduct statute
emergency calling
ed as an
entire shift
group
were
er
not individuals
also
argue
respоnd.
government does
not
armed.
outside
bar—either
genuinely
authorized,
criminal conduct.
picion
stop is
subject
stop
law,
Based on the new Wisconsin
that is
is not free to
away.
walk
The officer is
hard to find on this record.
authorized to use reasonable force to re-
quire
subject
to submit to
stop.
questioning
authority
for a Terry
Place,
2637;
U.S. at
103 S.Ct.
here, I
stop
suggest
do
mean to
Williams,
Adams v.
police
could not or should not have
(1972);
Going beyond strong and police visible disorderly amended Wisconsin con- presence, however, Terry stops, is a duct requires statute some indication of significant step important with conse- criminal or malicious per- before a intent quences. say Terry When courts that a possession son’s of a public, firearm in authorized, authorizing visible, whether concealed or can contrib- Terry what recognized itself is a Moreover, “seizure” ute to a violation. we have held of the person that could involve substantial that the Second Amendment includes at infringement personal liberty. 392 right carry least some individual a gun 16-17, Terry S.Ct. 1868. When in public, subject to a. restrictions that re- Moore, right to bear arms for black in 702 individual tested court.
main
be
McDonald,
ra-
defending
After Heller and
in
themselves from
at 942.
citizens
enforcement,
whites).
in
in-
cially-motivated
by
us
law
all of
involved
violence
defense attor-
cluding
prosecutors,
judges,
reasons,
only part
For these
I concur in
officers, will need to re-
neys,
police
and
opinion
in the
Judge
Stadtmueller’s
and
these
thinking about
Fourth
evaluate our
judgment to
and
the case.
reverse
remand
private
pos-
how
Amendment issues
our
figures
into
think-
session
firearms
RIPPLE,
Judge, concurring
Circuit
(Rov-
Rabin,
at 636-37
See
ing.
part
part.
dissenting
ner, J.,
private
that
cоncurring) (noting
I
agree
Judge
Stadtmueller
may
carrying
be
citizens
Illinois
soon
Jesberger’s stop
of Mr. Williams
in more inves-
public, resulting
firearms
that,
It
justified.
is clear
in order
to define and
tigatory stops and
need
perform
“stop,”
a constitutional
circum-
As we work
respect
stops).
limits for such
“reasonably to
stances must lead an officer
case
way through
our
those issues
light
experience
conclude in
of his
recognize genuine safety
also
we
need
activity may
Terry
criminal
afoot.”
citizens,
as
police
concerns of
Ohio,
as the
for intentional or un-
potential
well
(1968).
L.Ed.2d 889
As one commentator
on neigh-
intentional
based
discrimination
noted,
has
‘criminal
“reference
when
borhood,
race,
class,
ethnicity.
activity may
strongly suggests
be afoot’
years ago,
Five or
I would have had
six
that though
may
the arrest standard
some-
my
agreeing
colleagues
little
"with
trouble
require
guilt
probable
times
be more
a potential
that the
here faced
emer
not,
than
this is never the
as to a
case
justified.
Terry stop
gency
very
stopping
investigation, where the
Heller, McDonald,
But the
combination
purpose
clarify
is to
situa-
ambiguous
Constitution,
and Moore under the federal
al.,
Wayne
tion.”
R.
et
LaFave
Criminal
laws, including
the 2011
Wisconsin’s
3.8(d) (5th
(footnote
ed.2009),
§
Procedurе
disorderly
amendment to its
conduct stat
omitted).
although an offi-
Consequently,
I,
adoption
ute and
of Article
section 25 of
discovered,
may
upon investiga-
cer
have
Constitution, together
its
convince me that
tion,
reported display weapons
quite
the calculus is now
different.
intent,
was without criminal or malicious
*16
these
in
law
changes
no doubt that
the
Op.
see
4
Judge
(quoting
Hamilton’s
at
police
make the
of
more diffi
work
947.01(2)),
weap-
§
Wis. Stat.
fact that
dangerous.
cult and
I also fear that
more
(1)
ons
being
by
were
brandished
individu-
human
to
responses
and institutional
those
(2)
als,
of
part
who were
a boisterous
of
dangers may
profiling
increase the risk
(3)
bar,
twenty-five,
of
crowd
outside of
dress, class,
race,
ethnicity,
based
or
(4)
previously had been
as
which
identified
neighborhood. The new constitutional and
(5)
location,
late
high-crime
night,
at
statutory
for
to bear
rights
individuals
(6)
passers-
in such manner as
cause
public apply
at
in
arms
home and
to all.
by
to leave
area and contact authori-
protect
The
an
obligation
courts have
ties,
police investigation.
pro-
justified
No
rights
neighbor
those
in bad
set
in the
tections for
owners
forth
good
hoods as well as
ones. See Mc
— U.S. -,
negate
v.
Wisconsin Statutes
the constitu-
City
Donald
Chicago,
of
police
of
tо look
3020, 3087-88,
salutary
tional and
efforts
130 S.Ct.
695
intimidation,
being
necessary quantum
or
engender
proof
were
of
to estab-
recklessly by
individu
waived
intoxicated
lish reasonable
considerably
“is
endanger
a way
might
proof
less than
of wrongdoing by
als
a prepon-
circum
any
The fact that
of the
public.
derance of the evidence.”
v.
United States
Sokolow,
1, 7,
“may
described
stances
caller
490 U.S.
109 S.Ct.
104
(1989).
independently susceptible to innocent
been
L.Ed.2d 1
“[T]he reasonable sus-
does not
collective
explanation
negate
picion
objective one,”
their
standard is an
which
[Jesberger’s]
officer,
contribution
rea
asks “whether a
police
reasonable
totality of
sonable
under the
faced
confronting
with the circumstances
ease],
circumstances.” United
v. Rich
[the
officer in the
would believe that
(7th Cir.2011).
mond,
suspect] posed
a danger
[the
those
vicinity.”
the immediate
United States
however, I
my colleagues,
believe
Unlike
Patton,
Cir.2013)
performed by
that the frisk
Jesber-
(citing Terry,
for law enforcement officers requires circumstances themselves and other account” prospective “tak[ing] victims into “the whole picture.” Cortez, they may of violence situations where United States Thus, (1981). lack cause for an probable arrest.” L.Ed.2d 621 justified an officer Court believing “[w]hen elaborated: the individual suspicious whose behav- upon [T]he assessment must be based investigating range ior he is at close all the circumstances. The analysis pro- presently to the offi- dangerous armed objective ceeds with various observa- others,” or to permitted cer he is take tions, reports, information steps safety to assure available, such are consideration and others. himself Id. This includes con- patterns operation the modes ducting “a weapons.” reasonable search for certain kinds of lawbreakers. From Id. S.Ct. 1868. data, these a trained draws officer infer- ences and makes
However, once an lawfully officer has deductions —infer- might ences and deductions that well suspect, stopped automatiсally he is not person. elude untrained pat-down to conduct protective entitled or frisk. must be a anal separate process “[T]here does not deal with hard certainties, ysis pat-frisks whether probabilities. Long the standard for but with *17 has met.” v. McKoy, probabilities been United States before the law of was artic- 38, (1st Cir.2005); such, F.3d 39 see practical people 428 also ulated as formu- Brown, 860, v. United States 188 864 common F.3d lated certain sense conclusions (7th Cir.1999). behavior; jurors “The officer need not be about human as factfin- absolutely certain that permitted the individual is ders are to do the same—and armed”; rather he must have a reasonable so are enforcement officers. Final- law “safety that of suspicion ly, or that others the thus collected be evidence must danger.” Terry, weighed library 392 at 88 not in [i]s U.S. seen and terms of scholars, 1868. The explained analysis by S.Ct. Court has that but as understood 696 at- eye contact with the and in the field of law en- make
by
versed
those
move
tempted
away
the scene
forcement.
upon the officers’ arrival.
added).
(emphasis
Id. at
2. Id. at 12. 6. Id.
3. Id. at 12-13. Id. at 13-14. *19 Majority Op. specific His night,” offi- at 688.
encounter, with [the in combination behavior, possession, Oglesby, weapon indicative of training.” experience and cer’s] determining into in taken account must be 597 F.3d suspi- the officer had a reasonable whether experience, training his Based on Williams was armed cion that Mr. that Mr. Jesberger believed dangerous. weapon a because secreting was Williams him his approached with Mr. Williams in placement of his hands Mr. Williams’s recognized pockets. in his We hands se- weapons typically are an area where in suspect’s a hands placement that the police in close to a proximity creted while legiti is a or at his waistband pockets his conjunction in officer must considered assessing whether in mate consideration confronting the other circumstances justified believing in that an officer is report in the that some the officers—the a threat presents is armed and individual armed, upon evasive behavior group were See, e.g., or to others. United to himself arrival, loca- high-crime the officers’ the (7th Mitchell, v. 256 F.3d States tion, pres- time of the encounter and the Cir.2001) (finding reasonable all of nearby. Considering of others ence that, frisking officer testified where factors, a they that create these conclude that experience, fact past [the ‘“[f]rom suspicion that Mr. Williams reasonable front of his Mitchell’s hand was on the posed safety risk to the was armed a that, one, signified they’re either waist] Therefore, I the officers and public. in waist holding something on to their jus- Jesberger that would hold “I band, and that gun drugs” be it a conducting frisk of protective tified in a considering in strongly felt this further in- conducting Mr. Williams before and Mr. fired call we had received shots vestigation. action, it was a—it was Mitchell’s that ” (alteration original)); in case’ his majority’s an un- The decision creates also, Mays, 643 e.g., see United States police disregards rule for workable (6th Cir.2011) (identifying safety. The Terry’s concern officer his hands suspect “frantically dug is not majority police holds officer totality pockets” into his as one of of a protective to conduct frisk entitled Andrade, frisk); justifying circumstances investigating whom “he is at close suspect at 113 that the facts (finding range,” Terry, 392 pocket[] his “Andrade had hands has received a re- when officer contrib eye and refused to make contact” group that some of which port objectively be uted to officer’s suspect part possess weapons is a he danger); lief that United likely behavior that he suspect’s indicates Cir.2007) Ellis, guidance no majority is armed. offers nervously and (noting suspect “act[ed] in this more police to the situation. What among other pocket” toward his reach[ed] do an officer can suspect must the before frisk). justified factors that majority protective frisk? conduct commanding say. How does does particularized This information about today’s police precinct explain of a be- officer significant Williams’s conduct is before distinguished holding it to his cause Mr. Williams gang-infested in the members and from take to the streets the other of the cir- major this merely “any person been around areas of cities within that had up cuit? the area when officers showed
How much more risk must officer be min-
required to absorb before he can take protect
imal actions to himself? The Su-
preme Terry deny Court stated that “to power necessary
the officer the to take
measures to person determine whether the in fact carrying weapon and to neutral- harm,” physical “clearly
ize the threat of practical
unreasonable.” Id. This is the majority’s holding.
effect of the It consti- major departure
tutes from the estab- Supreme
lished case law of the Court and
of this court. Sup.Ct. See R. 10. reasons, foregoing
For the I respectfully
dissent. PEREZ, Plaintiff-Appellant,
Norma
THORNTONS, INCORPORATED,
Defendant-Appellee.
No. 12-3669.
United Appeals, States Court of
Seventh Circuit.
Argued April 2013. Sept.
Decided