Commonwealth v. Thibeau

The majority view this case as closer to Commonwealth v. Blatz, 9 Mass. App. Ct. 603 (1980), than to Commonwealth v. Bacon, 381 Mass. 642 (1980), and conclude that the circumstances were sufficiently suspicious to justify the officer’s actions. Commonwealth v. Silva, 366 Mass. 402, 405-408 (1974). Commonwealth v. Almeida, 373 Mass. 266, 270 (1977). I view the facts in this case as being less than those presented in Commonwealth v. Ferrara, 376 Mass. 502, 503 (1978), and Commonwealth v. Bacon, 381 Mass. at 645, for the following reasons.

Any inference to be drawn from the fact that bicyclists…