United States v. Lucky

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:

Background

I. Investigation, Stop, Search, and Arrest 1

A firefighter witnessed a shooting on a street corner in Brooklyn and reported to the New York Police Department (“NYPD”) that he had seen a black male, who was 5'6" tall, fire several shots at a crowd of people and flee in a dark sport utility vehicle (“SUV”) with New York State license plate number DBM 2474. Two days after the shooting, a group of police officers patrolling the same area saw a dark SUV with New York license plate number DBM 2474, which they recognized from the report of the shooting. The officers…