[GeronL]

Unless Idaho is pulling over every vehicle from CO this lawsuit is bogus

[bigheadfred]

In this photo taken June 20, 2012, Idaho State Police Trooper Justin Klitch walks away from a car he stopped on the Idaho-Oregon border in Fruitland, Idaho. As the Evergreen state works out the various complications of its new law, including the fact that marijuana is still illegal under federal law, neighbors of Washington are watching with curiosity, and perhaps some apprehension. Idaho officials already have their hands full with Idahoans obtaining medical marijuana cards out of state. The Gem State borders three medical marijuana states, a reality that has caused medical marijuana arrests to outpace those of traffickers or other users.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

It is false to say the cop pulled the driver over for having a CO plate. The fact is, the cop profiled the driver for having a CO plate and simply followed him to make him nervous and see what he would do. The driver pulled himself over instead of just maintaining speed and heading down the highway. Once he failed to signal, he gave the cop an EXCUSE to contact him. He did not have to give the cop permission to search his car, but he did.

The cop did nothing wrong in this case and the driver doesn’t have a leg to stand on.

True the cop profiled him, and we now know the cop was right to profile him, as he did have Marijuana in the car.

What we need is to decriminalize Marijuana so all the asinine gang wars and crimes surrounding it stop. Meanwhile, it is illegal in Idaho, the cop correctly profiled the driver, and the driver made a couple of mistakes giving the cop the legal opportunity to bust him.

[andyk]

Unless Idaho is pulling over every vehicle from CO this lawsuit is bogus

They're not. Sounds like the guy entered a freeway without his turn signal on (according to the cop, but come on you see it every day). Sorry folks, you want law enforcement out there "saving lives", this is how they do it. This is how they enforce DUI laws. You all knew that, right? They use every day violations to pull people over and ask them about other things.

The vehicle operator was an idiot for allowing the search.

[driftless2]

"bogus"

There has to be thousands of vehicles from Colorado passing through Idaho every week. Have other vehicles been stopped simply because they're from Colorado? Even the dumbest cop should know he just can't stop every vehicle from a dope state .....especially knowing Washington state will be like Colorado shortly. Let's see if there's more to the story.