Not ready to concede I am a NOBODY; however, I did get ticketed in two different CA jurisdictions in the same day for a cracked window in a 6 month old vehicle. (Attorney tried, but had to pay both of them.)
I agree with your second point, it is very likely someone was doing their job. And, that may have justified the search.
Not in today’s DOJ/NYC political games.
They were probably trailed BACK from the rural/subusrb area where they were hunting/shooting beer bottles/iron targets at long range ... THEN “arrested” as soon as they crossed the “white line” into NYC.
Today’s FBI/DOJ/White House NEEDS a “redneck white male” to be arrested on gun charges IMMEDIATELY ... If they were Muslim, they would have been escorted across.
Heck, if they were Muslim, they would have not been stopped at all.