“This particular cop had no reason in the first place to run a license check other that an apparent paint job.”
If random plate checks are illegal then about every police dept in America is guilty.
If the checks are legal, the stop for the non matching plate is also legal.
I don’t see how the court could rule the traffic cameras legal and turn around and say it is illegal to act on the information?
Well, there you go. Just about every police department in America is guilty. Maybe every police department in America should learn to respect the rights of the people (who are, after all, their employers and masters). Maybe every police department in America should quit trying to find ways to weasel around the limits on their power specified in the Constitution. What say you?