I wonder if the officer got a promotion for the illegal stop. Isn’t it illegal to profile blue barrels?
New York values at work.
Maybe it is this Marlon Murphy and there was another reason other than the shotgun:
Wed, 29 Oct 2014 13:23:40 GMT — A Detroit, Illinois man has been arrested after allegedly taking pictures or video of children in Pittsfield.
Marlon Murphy, 45, was arrested Tuesday night.
Pike County State’s Attorney Matt Goetten charged Murphy with one count of child pornography
During the stop, the driver, Marlon Murphy, 45, of Easton, Pennsylvania, said the drum contained a shotgun and ammunition.
Mageros found a 12-gauge shotgun wrapped in a pair of pants inside the drum, Port Authority Police spokesman Joe Pentangelo said. He also found 175 rounds of ammunition.
Murphy, who could produce no documentation for the shotgun, was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon. He was being held in lieu of $30,000 bail and his truck was impounded.
So?
200 rounds is an afternoon of clays...
In Texas, I don’t think the cops would get very far with a judge on “probable cause”. “Well, uh, Judge, he was carrying a blue barrel so I pulled him over?”
Judge: “Well, officer, would you have pulled him over if the barrel was white?.....or black?..............or orange? If not, what is threatening to society about a BLUE barrel!
Wow. Wouldn’t that be an arsenal?
“a shotgun and nearly 200 rounds of ammunition”?
Oh my.
In most southern homes you can find a shotgun and usually many times more than 200 rounds for ammo for it.
If he only had a copy of a Cabela's catalog in the cab they would have hauled him off for at least 5 years.