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Jackson v. U.S.: Being Nervous Does Not Mean You Are Dangerous
And sometimes the D.C. Court of Appeals gets it right. A police officer sees a woman driving a van with what he believes are illegally tinted windows. When he activates his lights for a traffic stop, the van pulls over immediately. The van begins to “rock” with lots of “shaking,” and when the officer walks up to the driver’s side …