Accord Traffic Lawyer, Massachusetts

... The holding in that case was expressly limited to 620 routine traffic stops. Id. ... at 668 ("we conclude that, under art. 14, the balancing of interests requires that Massachusetts citizens should not be subjected to unjustified exit orders during routine traffic stops" [emphasis added]). ...

... In this case, in which we granted the defendant's application for direct appellate review, we conclude that evidence of racial profiling [1] is relevant in determining whether a traffic stop is the product of selective enforcement violative of the equal protection guarantee of the ...

... On the afternoon of April 3, 2005, Boston police Officer Michael Leary was directing traffic near what was then known as the Fleet Center following a Boston Celtics basketball game. Officer Leary signalled for a crowd of pedestrians ...