with Terry, it is the governing case law here. The officers were investigating a "suspicious" person. Terry specifically addresses that exact situation. In this case, Terry as modified by Florida v. J.L. What you should spend more time considering is that I, an ordinary citizen completely removed from the judicial community, and many thousands like me have taken my own peresonal time to spend countless hours on the internet and at the lawschool library researching any imaginable scenario and the applicable law in order to protect myself from the police. When Joe Citizen feels that is necessary it's time for the police to take a good long look at their actions. This case, like many, many others is a prime example of the "mission creep" I spoke of. Cops investigating non-crime putting ordinary folks at severe risk of injury or death for the benefit of whom? Their egos? You tell me. Either way they were wrong in the eyes of the law. Whether or not the victim had the courage to stand up for himself. to be burned at the stake without any first hand knowledge of the incident.... what is this, some sort of Spanish Inquisition?
Yes my rights are more important than officer safety, and unless the requirements of Terry have been met or surpassed the supreme court agrees with me. I don't wish any officer harm or malice. I just want to be left alone to be an honest productive member of society without having to look over my shoulder for a billy club or a jack boot. 
