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Posted on 12/20/2014 11:11:53 PM PST by Altariel
Look at a cop the wrong way and he has “reasonable suspicion”. Or don’t look at him and you’ll get the same results.
Cops stretch the law all the time when stopping people. “They were speeding up then slowing down” is one they use quite often.
As I said on another post, if it had been a Model A with only one tail light would he have pulled him over? If he would he’s dumber than I thought.
A fraction of the law he’s going to enforce? You can’t be serious.
“Look at a cop the wrong way and he has “reasonable suspicion”. Or don’t look at him and you’ll get the same results.”
That may or may not be true. It is certainly NOT true in this case. However, cops ARE allowed to stop folks based on mere suspicion. They cannot arrest or ticket someone on that basis, but they CAN stop someone.
You have no Constitutional right to be free from a cop stopping you if something seems off to the cop. It doesn’t mean you are guilty, and stopping you is not punishment.
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