Pollreis v. Marzolf

Officer stopped two boys—ages 12 and 14—who matched a vague decision of suspects in car chase from gang stakeout, held them for seven minutes at gunpoint, handcuffed and frisked them, even though boys’ mother and stepfather identified them during encounter and boys identified themselves and complied with police commands; time involved was not unreasonable; handcuffing for two minutes did not transform Terry stop into arrest because officer had heard that one of the suspects wanted usually carried a gun and one of the boys moved his left hand behind his back and touched his waist before he was handcuffed; pointing gun at boys after they complied with commands was not objectively unreasonable; see dissent by Judge Jane Kelly.