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OT: Standing Up For What's Right - Against Circuit City and the local Police
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<blockquote data-quote="Jeff C" data-source="post: 731221" data-attributes="member: 58631"><p>Bill, you are right, IF they accuse him of stealing. Checking just to be checking without probable cause is an illegal search, and I have to say, if someone tried to search me, I doubt I'd be as cooperative as Righi was, and it's entirely possible I would have "handled" the guy to get him off my vehicle. The last time I was pulled over I was coming home at about 3am, after being the DD for the evening. Did the breathalyser, the whole nine yards, and when he asked if he could search my vehicle, I asked what for. He said "anything illegal" (he is supposed to specify, weapons, drugs, etc) so I said no. He asked if he could open my tailgate (which I keep locked, and with the tonneau on, serves as a trunk and the same rules apply) I said no. Finally another car pulled up with the K9 unit. Did the whole walk around, sniffed the fender wells, door seams, etc, nothing. After the K9 found nothing, I was allowed to leave. Took a half hour out of my life for being a responsible citizen and driving my friends home when they couldn't.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The reason I didn't let him search is that the last time my vehicle was searched, they spent 20min going through it, and found nothing. They opened rear panels inside, spilled receipts from the glove box all over the floor, spilled change from the cup holder all over the floor, and basically made a mess of my vehicle. I was young (16) and naive then, not knowing the law, and let them do what they told me they were allowed to do. Now I know better. Yeah, it can be an inconvenience, but I love seeing that dumbfounded look on a cop's face when I blow a 0.00 on their little toys.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff C, post: 731221, member: 58631"] Bill, you are right, IF they accuse him of stealing. Checking just to be checking without probable cause is an illegal search, and I have to say, if someone tried to search me, I doubt I'd be as cooperative as Righi was, and it's entirely possible I would have "handled" the guy to get him off my vehicle. The last time I was pulled over I was coming home at about 3am, after being the DD for the evening. Did the breathalyser, the whole nine yards, and when he asked if he could search my vehicle, I asked what for. He said "anything illegal" (he is supposed to specify, weapons, drugs, etc) so I said no. He asked if he could open my tailgate (which I keep locked, and with the tonneau on, serves as a trunk and the same rules apply) I said no. Finally another car pulled up with the K9 unit. Did the whole walk around, sniffed the fender wells, door seams, etc, nothing. After the K9 found nothing, I was allowed to leave. Took a half hour out of my life for being a responsible citizen and driving my friends home when they couldn't. The reason I didn't let him search is that the last time my vehicle was searched, they spent 20min going through it, and found nothing. They opened rear panels inside, spilled receipts from the glove box all over the floor, spilled change from the cup holder all over the floor, and basically made a mess of my vehicle. I was young (16) and naive then, not knowing the law, and let them do what they told me they were allowed to do. Now I know better. Yeah, it can be an inconvenience, but I love seeing that dumbfounded look on a cop's face when I blow a 0.00 on their little toys. [/QUOTE]
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