That in itself is harassment. And the cops wonder why people are fed up with their overzealous policing.
Cops have to understand that yes they are to enforce the laws but need good judgment. Just because they are LEO’s does not mean they are Gods.
The police have made it their #1 priority to search everyone for drugs. If you have a faulty license plate cover, a turn signal out, a cracked turn signal lens, a cracked windshield, a covid mask hanging from your windshield, if your window tint is 1% over allowable, if you are going 6 mph over the speed limit, if you don’t signal a lane change or any other tiny minor infraction, they will stop you and search you and the car for drugs.
Time was you would get a ticket and be sent on your way. No more. Now it’s “license and registration, sir. Do you have any illegal weapons or drugs in the car? Please step out of the car so I can search you for weapons in the name of officer safety.”
In all cases, they are searching for drugs.
I hate modern policing. I really do. When they aren’t violating the letter of the US Constitution, they are violating the spirit of it.
I hate it.
It would be legal probable cause.
Probable a plastic cover over the plate which is not allowed. Not the plate frame - but a covering over the whole plate. Seems that traffic cameras cannot read throught the cover...
That in itself is harassment. And the cops wonder why people are fed up with their overzealous policing.
Yup. For the vast majority of citizens, it is this kind of petty harassment that is essentially the only interaction they have with police. And cops wonder why we're not all that interested in standing up for them?