[beelzepug]

But why was he stopped? No one has said. Was his driving erratic, was something about his vehicle suspicious? It’s not too difficult to come up with a pretense if you have a good cop’s instinct that the subject just seems a little hinky.

I’ve had very few tickets in over 50 years of driving and I chock that up to being able to spot police cars. They have an “aura” that I can’t explain but nine times out of ten I’m right. I expect a cop develops that same sense about certain cars that he believes may be driven by bad actors, and I’d bet he has a pretty high percentage of being right.

[Theoria]

The state[Utah] conceded it was a illegal stop. The police received a anonymous tip saying there was drug activity at the house and he was stopped merely from exiting the house. The person had a minor traffic warrant on him, and the police searched his body and possession because of it.