And I thought I was Immature...

[hunter94]

I get stopped by the cops all the time when wandering around at 3am in the morning. And the Fourth Amendment has nothing to do with them stopping you to talk, it has to do with search and seizure. They are entirely within their rights to stop you to talk to you, especially if they think you're suspicious. Not responding to them could, likely, lead to a lot more trouble than it's worth.

From wikipedia:


Also there are laws against vagrancy and as such if a person cannot present information as to where they live/work then the cop could potentially take them into custody.

I know that I meant if your being held and not free to go for some thing thats not illegal for example, the cops stopped me cause I was "looking" in peoples backyards which is not a crime and I was seized and not free to go tell the cop said so which was illegal for the cops to do because they violated my 4th amendment right.

Plus if a cop stops you just to talk, you can walk away and they cant do anything about it.