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A fact from Reasonable suspicion appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 April 2005. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a police officer in the United States may only briefly detain and frisk a person if there is reasonable suspicion that the person is involved in a crime?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2005/April.

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Why a separate article?

Why is this a separate article from the Fourth Amendment article? Wouldn't it be better to fold this into the Fourth Amendment discussion, and make this a redirect to the Fourth Amendment?

I don't think that's a good idea. There are lots of 4th Amendment subtopics with their own pages (probable cause, search and seizure, search warrant, arrest warrant, etc.) I think the topic deserves to be covered in more detail than what would be appropriate in the 4th Amendment article. – Quadell ^{(talk) (sleuth)} 19:35, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)