# doorhinge lives under a bridge **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 18, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-lives-under-a-bridge/707542 "2014-12-18T01:51:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 31
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-lives-under-a-bridge/707542/31 "2014-12-18T18:51:40Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > No, because it makes no difference either way. You’re just being petty. > > Regards, > Shodan But it does make a difference! In the “Kissing your boyfriend while black…” thread, **Hentor the Barbarian** offers > [@Kissing your husband while black? Not if the LAPD can help it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kissing-your-husband-while-black-not-if-the-lapd-can-help-it/698492/133): > > The alleged crime in this case was a misdemeanor. Terry stops for the investigation of completed misdemeanors are not permissible, unless the totality of the circumstances suggests an ongoing or escalating threat to public safety. > > Here there was no ongoing misdemeanor, and no reasonable suspicion of an ongoing or escalating threat to public safety. and **Bricker** later agrees. As I said, a different jurisdiction, but potentially a critical distinction. Completed misdemeanor and the police actions are illegal from the beginning, there is no legal basis for a detention for investigation. Felony, the investigation was legal, and the chokehold was simply an illegal/not sanctioned technique in an otherwise supportable action. None of this, of course, changes the fact that **doorhinge** wouldn’t use a good cite if it fell off his bridge and landed on his keyboard. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doorhinge-lives-under-a-bridge/707542)._