Should this pass, why would anyone perform a street stop again?

Illinois Senate Bill 1304 which passed the House on 28 May 2015 and is back in the Senate to vote on the House amendments thereto. This Bill has a real nice addition which is the equivalent of passing out a Ghetto Lotto Ticket at each police encounter.



(b) Upon completion of any stop under subsection (a) involving a frisk or search, and unless impractical, impossible, or under exigent circumstances, the officer shall provide the person with a stop receipt which provides the reason for the stop and contains the officer's name and badge number.

So you hand them a "receipt" with your name and star, redeemable for a payout from the city once they get three or four witnesses to claim you violated their rights and used naughty language and spoke ill of their parentage. Brilliant.

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