Posted on 01/31/2024 3:48:36 PM PST by george76
CHICAGO — A state representative from Chicago has introduced legislation that would prohibit police officers across Illinois from stopping motorists for a host of violations, including expired plates, tinted windows, improper lane usage, and even speeding up to 25 mph over the posted limit.
Rep. Justin Slaughter (27th), chair of the state House Judiciary-Criminal Committee, introduced the bill on Monday. No other lawmakers have signed on as co-sponsors.
Slaughter’s legislation also states that any evidence of criminal wrongdoing discovered during a prohibited traffic stop cannot be used “in any trial, hearing, or other proceeding.” The evidence could not be used even if the driver permitted police to search their vehicle under Slaughter’s proposal.
In addition to barring cops from enforcing speeding violations that aren’t flagrant enough to become criminal matters, Slaughter wants to prevent officers from pulling people over for:
failing to display license plates or stickers.
operating with an expired registration sticker.
not wearing a seat belt.
improper lane usage that does not meet the criminal threshold.
failing to comply with “certain requirements concerning vehicle lamps”.
excessive window tints.
defective mirrors.
obstructed windshields or defective windshield wipers.
defective bumpers.
excessive exhaust.
Slaughter represents parts of the city of Chicago neighborhoods like Roseland, Morgan Park, and Beverly and parts of suburbs from Blue Island to Orland Park.
Police officers routinely discover evidence of criminal activity during traffic stops. Just yesterday, CWBChicago reported that CPD officers allegedly found a murder weapon in a man’s car during a traffic stop, leading prosecutors to charge the driver with the homicide.
This morning, we reported that Chicago police officers in Lakeview discovered bags of apparently stolen mail, packages, and forged postal service master keys during a traffic stop based on the vehicle’s license plate being covered. Charges were filed against three people in that case.
You don’t have to look. He’s what you thought.
Hey Slaughter, why have any laws at all.
We have traffic laws to at least try and keep the traffic flowing in a reasonable manner.
The Wild West was so much safer than Illinois.
They tried that in Washington State. Nobody but the radical communist dimocRAT legislators wanted it. Some ideas are just too stupid for anybody other than academia and tyrant dimocRAT politicians can embrace.
“We have traffic laws to at least try and keep the traffic flowing in a reasonable manner.”
Yup.
I figured.
Why not just revoke the laws?
I don’t understand this entire asinine anti-cop issue when the problem is the LAWS.
Actually I do understand - it’s to destroy the US and covilization by stopping people from enforcing or obeying the laws.
In reality it’s not the cops fault - it’s socialist democrats who wrote these laws in the first place.
Justin has no self control, fat bastard.
Why don’t they just repeal the laws for car registration, speeding up to 25 MPH over the posted limit, seat belts, improper lane change, tinted windows, broken head/tail lights, exhaust, etc... ?
So basically ignore the laws.
Got to save the PD time for important things like cracking down on gun owners.
Yuppers.
But, in New York the (obviously racist) republican mayor found that simply enforcing common low-level laws ELIMINATED higher-end more violent and more expensive crimes.
This whole equity nonsense is really just an effort not to hold blacks accountable. Expecting them to act like civilized humans is racist according to the Democrats.
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That’s been the de facto law in NY since Fatass James became AG. She basically told LEO to backoff so as not to create potentially violent situations ( i.e., driving while black).
I said it in jest but now I’m serious, making blacks follow laws and pay tolls is racist yall
Brain dead?
Some such as driving with an expired tag are about the state not getting its money. I have a feeling that one will not be met with much acceptance.
Revenues go down and then they reconsider
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