Posted on 07/29/2014 1:13:45 PM PDT by chessplayer
On July 13, Josie Garcia’s husband was pulled over by Houston PD for failure to use a turn signal.
The routine traffic stop lead to a search and prescription drugs belonging to the passenger were found. Both men were subsequently arrested and the SUV was impounded. Charges against her husband were dropped days later.
Unfortunately, Garcia’s 14 year old chihuahua, Guero, was along for the ride.
As the men were being taken into custody and the SUV towed, Guero was removed from the vehicle and left on the side of Highway 59.
Garcia’s husband plead with the officer to let him call someone to come get the dog or for the officer to call animal control, who’s shelter was only 2 blocks away.
The officer refused, claiming the dog would be fine.
For the next 3 days Garcia put up missing posters and searched for her beloved pet. Eventually, she received a call to let her know where he was.
Guero had been found, dead, on the side of the highway not far from where the men were pulled over. The elderly chihuahua was nearly blind from cataracts and had been hit by oncoming traffic.
(Excerpt) Read more at thefreethoughtproject.com ...
You must have wandered into my PO.
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By 2005, at least 80 percent of towns with a population between 25,000 and 50,000 people had their own SWAT team. The number of raids conducted by local police SWAT teams has gone from 3,000 a year in the 1980s to over 50,000 a year today.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/376053/united-states-swat-john-fund
*snicker*
Harris County takes in $6-$8 million a year in asset forfeitures. That what these “failed to use turn signal” searches are about.
Both my pharmacist and cops told me.
Always travel with your Rx bottles.
There is no need for the United States if it is to be a fascist state!
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Seriously.
Pigs!
You’re the one that started the invective’s I’m just participating along with you dumb-butt.
If there were any exonerating evidence I think rather than just skipping that part about PCP the OP article would have proudly proclaimed it and then pointed out it was misidentified.
But then you know what? Perhaps you have a point. They could have mistyped PCP for PCB because the passenger had a plastic water bottle from the 1980 in his pocket or perhaps it was PVC piping in his pocket, or PDP ... He had a PDP 11 in his pocket. The list of speculation goes on and on. Good thing I carry an Occam’s razor in my pocket ... they’re perfectly legal and can’t be mistaken for anything else.
Show me precisely in which post I called you a name.
It’s for our own good.
/s
:-\
Hmmmm...that’s what happened during The Inquisitions, too.
What a disturbing little parallel.
“Dumb butt”?
As opposed to your ass, which you can obviously speak out of?
Oh, wait.
Yeah.
End of the month.
Several months ago ran out of cigarettes at 2AM, was working on a friends computer, knew I wasn't going to make it without ciggies.
Hopped in truck, ran to town to get a couple of packs.
Nobody on the road going or coming.
Right at my house, officer *Blinkie-blink* pulls me over.
Pulled to the shoulder right across from my driveway.
Got out of truck and asked *the good Officer*, what was the problem.
He said he noticed me weaving, to which I responded *Bullsh!t*.
Wanted to see my license, handed it to him.
Asked what I was doing out this late, told him I went get cigarettes in town, showed him the new pack with one missing.
Asked me where I lived, told him that's my damn driveway right across.
He then sad he was just checking if I was OK.
I asked him if I was f'ing OK.
He said he was just checking
I asked if we are done here or not?
He said have a good night.
The temptation to give him a little *rock shower* with my truck was incredible as I pulled into my driveway, but I didn't.
Got out of my truck once I parked it, leaned on the hood and just stared at the bastard because he stayed parked across from my house.
My wife came out and asked what I was doing, I explained the whole thing and pointed to officer Blinkie, she started laughing her a$$ off.
Guess that was too much with us both pointing and laughing, he did a bootlegger turn in the middle of the road and hauled back up towards town, LOL!
Always be cognizant of the possible application of the Chicago-based “hickory shampoo”.
Which is why I recommend looking up at the highway billboard and tell Larry: “I’m calling my lawyer.”
It’s funny but in most major metropolitan areas, the local lawyers have someone on-call to deal with these issues.
My intelligent brother, refusing to a search, called a local lawyer at 1AM (from a billboard!) while waiting for the dogs. The legal-beagle sent an independent “witness” who arrived before the K9 unit. Impressive.
He was pulled-over for a burned-out license plate lamp. Larry asked to search, my brother asked, “Under what probable cause?” Larry replied, “Oh, you are one of those!”
Overall, Larry let my brother continue on his way. My brother tipped the witness $20 and paid the lawyer invoice of $50 by credit card at the location.
” He was pulled-over for a burned-out
license plate lamp. Larry asked to search,
my brother asked, “Under what probable
cause?” Larry replied, “Oh, you are one of
those!””
That is modern LE attitude about our rights and any concept of personal dignity. And the piglet still managed to cost him $70 and time over a fishing expedition.
More and more, I consider anyone who puts on a badge an automatic traitor to the principles of the Constitution, and no more worthy of respect than the people they claim to protect us from.
Knock it off.
That's the rationale I've heard for never using a turn signal in NYC; the nearest driver will make a move to block you.
Prescription drugs.
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