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Now, imagine what would have happened to this guy in MA...
GOD I need to move!
99% of the time if you’re courteous they are cool as well
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View: https://youtu.be/gYftFIHBJO8
Now, imagine what would have happened to this guy in MA...
GOD I need to move!
99% of the time if you’re courteous they are cool as well
Off the subject, I feel naked as well, but I've worn mine religiously since 3 of my friends over the years have died due to ejections in a car accident. In one of them the car rolled back on top of them (was a passenger) and they didn't find them until the tow truck flipped the car back over.
Back on subject of guns in cars... I wonder how many emergency workers have walked off with guns, drugs, and money from an accident scene where the occupants died. Many I bet.
While I imagine it has happened somewhere, never in my 20 years in public safety have I personally seen or heard of anyone stealing guns, drugs, or cash from a deceased victim or a scene that I've responded to. It's irresponsible to make that assumption without fact, stats, or proof. Don't paint us all as asshats.
Right, it's not mandatory in FL.
no, I hadn't done anything wrong; he was just fishing for drug runners because of my out of state plate
Agreed. I did have a couple sacks of water softener salt in the bed of the truck (I was helping my parents move at the time) and I was apparently in a frequent drug running corridor at the time. I wondered if the sacks prompted the stop. But the tailgate was up and there's no way he saw those from the cruiser. And when he first approached, from the PASSENGER side window, he did a very blatant visual scan of my cab as he asked me the standard "do you know why I stopped you" routine.Same thing happened to me in Kansas last year. The trooper was very personable and let me go without a warning (since I truly hadn't done anything wrong), but these pretext stops to enable fishing expeditions just piss me off. They are a blatant violation of the 4th Amendment.
Agreed. I did have a couple sacks of water softener salt in the bed of the truck (I was helping my parents move at the time) and I was apparently in a frequent drug running corridor at the time. I wondered if the sacks prompted the stop. But the tailgate was up and there's no way he saw those from the cruiser. And when he first approached, from the PASSENGER side window, he did a very blatant visual scan of my cab as he asked me the standard "do you know why I stopped you" routine.
I don't hate cops. My son is one, and he's a good one. And I wouldn't want their job. But they do go on fishing expeditions, even in "free" states.
I was returning from Colorado -- I've driven out there the past two summers to go offroading in my Land Cruiser. I was on I-70 eastbound in Kansas when I was stopped. I wasn't over the limit or driving in any way to get attention. The trooper was just fishing because I had an out-of-state plate. He claimed that he stopped me because my dealer plate surround partly covered the license plate registration sticker. Of all the ridiculous, made-up, BS reasons for a fishing expedition, that one has to take the cake.
I don't hate that trooper. He was quite polite and personable. But I hate that I had to stop and play the game by answering questions that I shouldn't have had to answer in order to be on my way, when I hadn't done anything wrong.
And I don't see how a late 50s white guy in a $40k suv matches any criminal profile.
Even the one MSP a few years ago that clearly "fished me because he was bored" actually came up with 110% legit, by the book reason to pull me over. (I forgot to put my new registration decal on the plate). I may not like it, but I wouldn't call that guy an a**h*** because at least he actually followed the law instead of making shit up on the side of the road like that guy that pulled you over did...
He claimed that he stopped me because my dealer plate surround partly covered the license plate registration sticker. Of all the ridiculous, made-up, BS reasons for a fishing expedition, that one has to take the cake.
I don't hate that trooper. He was quite polite and personable. But I hate that I had to stop and play the game by answering questions that I shouldn't have had to answer in order to be on my way, when I hadn't done anything wrong.
Your crime is known as "white privilege". Look it up....
And I don't see how a late 50s white guy in a $40k suv matches any criminal profile.
Now, imagine what would have happened to this guy in MA...
GOD I need to move!
That's because it's a thing.... I find it much less tense dealing with black people down here than I do up north. People down here are just plain nicer, no matter what color they are.
That passenger compartment dashcam footage is pretty cool -I also insist that any passengers wear their seatbelt as well. This isn't solely because I don't want to see them turn into road pizza, but also because I don't want my brains to get knocked out when they go rocketing towards the window.