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Susan Crawford: “I thought that the officer had good reason to investigate a…”

Featuring: Susan Crawford, Judge for Branch 1 of the Dane County Circuit Court | Wisconsin

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Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford

Published | Video Starts at 37:26

They're not just thinking about alcohol. They're also thinking about opioid use, which often makes people very, very sleepy and can fall asleep standing up. Even. So I thought that the officer had good reason to investigate a bit further in that case and that it wasn't a violation of the man's fourth Amendment rights just to get him to step out of the vehicle. But again, you know, I don't want to nail myself down too much there because it really is very fact specific and I don't know, you know, what the testimony was in that case. (37:26–37:39)

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Asserts belief that officer's actions were justified and not a Fourth Amendment violation.

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