In particular, Sotomayor warned that the court’s ruling chips away at a remedy available to victims of unconstitutional police stops.
“This case allows the police to stop you on the street, demand your identification, and check it for outstanding traffic warrants-even if you are doing nothing wrong.” Sotomayor’s dissent broke form by addressing not just the legal community, but the American public: “Do not be soothed by the opinion’s technical language,” she states at the beginning. Strieff was found to be in possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Detective Fackrell ran a warrant check on Strieff and searched his person. After leaving a suspicious residence, Strieff was stopped by the detective. The case centered on an encounter in South Salt Lake City between a man named Edward Strieff and a local police detective, Douglas Fackrell. Strieff, delivered on June 20, makes for remarkable reading-particularly given the troubled state of relations between the police and African American communities across the country. United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s recent dissenting opinion in the case of Utah v.
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