Thomas L. Feathers Kathleen Feathers v. William Aey J.P. Donohue, City of Akron

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• holding that dispatched information originating from an anonymous tipster, combined with the totality of the circumstances, justified the Terry stop
• holding that an anonymous tip did not give the police reasonable suspicion to stop a bearded, shirtless white male suspected of threatening his neighbors
• holding that a matching description of person in the relevant area, by itself, is insufficient to corroborate an anonymous tip
• holding that reasonable suspicion does not exist when the information provided consists of “easily obtained facts and conditions existing at the time of the tip” that only describe an individual in a relevant area
• holding that an anonymous tip did not contain indicia of reliability when the police did not observe what the tipster reported, and the tip did not predict future movements or indicate inside knowledge of the criminal activity
• explaining that “Terry, which requires reasonable suspicion for investigative detentions, had been clearly established since 1968”

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