Black teen, turkey in hand four days before Christmas, gets stopped and frisked by Milwaukee cops Justin Schwarzhuber and Jasen Rydzewski—waiting to see if any “new fresh robberies [had] come over” the radio. Teen is unarmed, cooperative, and still held for 20 minutes with no charges, no paperwork, and zero explanation. Teen: Fourth Amendment violation! District court: qualified immunity, case dismissed. 7th Circuit: Totally uncool. The officers had no reasonable suspicion, which means no qualified immunity. Basically, "(1) running (2) with a bag (3) in a high crime area...are insufficient to create reasonable suspicion." Also, "Even one second of continued detention after an unlawful stop is too long." Case undismissed.
The case is Taylor v. Schwarzhuber, 132 F.4th 480 (7th Cir. 2025).