Originally Posted by Starman
Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye

To ask a question? Anyone is free to ask someone a question.


You said the approach by LE for suspicion
of loitering is justified even if based strictly
on a hunch... LoL.

When it comes to law you are dumber than
a bag of clam shells.


To detain, he needs reasonable suspicion. To ask a question because he has a hunch based on th totality of the circumstances that might even be inarticulable, he needs not have reasonable suspicion. He can, in other words, have mere suspicion, falling below the reasonable suspicion standard.