In re Darryl C.

Richter, J. (dissenting).

In this appeal, we are presented with the question of whether a police officer was justified in conducting a limited safety frisk when he reasonably suspected that the individual whom he was questioning was armed with a weapon that could harm the officer. In light of recent gang shootings in the area, furtive behavior by the individual in shoving a black *80object into his pocket upon seeing the police, nervousness while being questioned, deceptive answers to the police officer’s inquiry, and the individual’s hand movement toward his pocket, we conclude that the officer…