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> However that would require them to show cause They can always fabricate cause. I got pulled over last week (I wasn't speeding or anything, I just had out of
by xscott 5y ago
> However that would require them to show cause
They can always fabricate cause. I got pulled over last week (I wasn't speeding or anything, I just had out of state plates visiting a friend). When I didn't consent to have him search my vehicle, he walked a dog around my car and fabricated probable cause. I don't do drugs and there have never been drugs in my car, and yet he said the dog "reacted"... Of course he didn't find anything - there was nothing to find. No ticket, just 30-40 minutes of him going through all my possessions.
I guess I should be grateful he didn't "seize" something or shoot me.
- throwawayboise 5y agoFunny because a friend of mine had his kid pulled over for rolling through a stop sign, the cop saw smoking paraphernalia in the center console (weed is not legal here), just told them "keep that stuff out of sight, boys" and gave them a warning for the stop sign.
- xscott 5y agoNot sure what's funny about it... The cop told me two or three times that he wasn't interested in "small amounts". (Although they're allowed to lie to you.) I told him I didn't have any amount. I guess middle-age guys (like me) driving minivans with out of state plates through a flyover state is suspicious?!?
- rasz 5y ago30-40 min is illegal https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/can-police-use-dogs-sniff-drugs-no-warrant.html https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/can-police-use-dogs-... >an officer who doesn't have reasonable suspicion may not extend a traffic stop in order to conduct a dog sniff. The officer who pulls a driver over may not prolong the detention "beyond the time reasonably required to complete" the stop's "mission." you could sue
- chrismcb 5y agoHow do you get pulled over for out of state plates? That doesn't seem like something you should have a traffic stop for.
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