Legal Opinion
Tazarius Cooper v. State of Mississippi
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided August 28, 2014No. 2012-CT-00460-SCTPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI
DICKINSON, Presiding Justice,
for the Court:
¶ 1. Based on a citizen’s complaint that “young men ... young black men ... are standing out on the sidewalks, corners, selling drugs” at the 500 block of Union Street in Greenville, Mississippi, police proceeded to that area, where they spotted Tazarius Cooper, a young, black male. The police officer turned on his blue lights, exited his vehicle, and attempted to conduct an investigatory stop by ordering Cooper to “come here and let me talk to you.” Before the officers could restrain him in any way, Cooper ran. The officers gave…
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