United States v. Ulice Askew

How courts have described this case

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• holding that agents did not escalate Terry stop into custodial arrest by blockading suspect’s car and approaching with guns drawn
• recognizing that invasive tactics may be warranted in drug-related traffic stops because the link between guns and the drug trade makes such stops inherently dangerous
• holding that FBI executed a Terry stop, not an arrest, when agents blockaded defendant’s car and approached with guns drawn
• recognizing the “inherent danger in stopping those suspected of drug trafficking, for which guns are known tools of the trade.”
• explaining that there is “inherent danger” in stopping people “suspected of drug trafficking, for which guns are known tools of the trade”
• explaining that there is “inherent danger” in stopping people “suspected of drug trafficking, for which guns are known tools of the trade”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).