You have to have legitimate probable cause to charge someone of a crime (IE, arrest); you only need be able to articulate your suspicion to stop and question someone. Both justifications must be stated on the incident or arrest report.
If caught lying - they should suffer the severest punishment available. Bad cops are worse than no cops.
And that is why so many blacks (in particular) are really pissed. I don’t give a damn if a cop can “articulate suspicion” or not; they have far too much leeway and it is going to be taken from them, the question is at what cost to us. What percentage of people that a cop could ‘articulate suspicion’ fall into what race, compared to the general population; if I were black it would piss me way off if it doesn’t match pretty closely. How much of what many copsuckers think is legitimate suspicion is actually racism or generally jackbooted thuggery?
Just like the cops that watch the freeway closely and look for the tiniest pretenses to pull over someone they think is carrying drugs. Some people think this is a Good Thing, some think it’s a police state if you don’t look and act exactly like a cop thinks someone should look and act.