Yup, even if you're totally innocent you can be held in jail for 3 days if a cop decides they don't like you. Once you get before a judge, the pretext charges a

Yup, even if you're totally innocent you can be held in jail for 3 days if a cop decides they don't like you. Once you get before a judge, the pretext charges are dropped and you're free to go. This happened to a friend. At that point you can counter-sue and you would eventually win, but not without a potentially expensive legal battle. Organizations like the ACLU can only work so many case, so they're pretty ruthless about prioritizing the ones likely to make a media impact. The worst thing is you can't avoid the police in Texas if you need to drive for work/life. There are mandatory immigration checkpoints miles away from the border. Everyone is stopped and questioned. It's not just Texas. I was illegally detained and had my car searched despite refusing on the interstate in KS. But it seems to get progressively worse the closer you get to the border with Mexico.