Parting words from the LEO...Have a nice day.
I’ll note two things. First, these reports are almost always second or third hand. Second, if it happened as reported, tell your friend he is lucky that the cop didn’t plant some dope on him.
That story about your buddy is awful.
At least he had his car and could collect his things.
My aunt was pulled over for an expired tab and the car was impounded. OK, fine, I think her insurance was a month expired or didn’t have it on her. That’s OK (though a bit much, perhaps.)
Keep in mind, her baby daughter was in the car with her. The officer takes her car, does NOT allow her use of his phone and does not drive her to the nearest gas station or store or any location with a phone. Instead, AT NIGHT, she has to walk down a highway in Maryland to get to a place to use a phone.
And yes, she was black and the officer was white (do you really think a white cop would let a white woman with a baby walk down the side of a country road or highway? )
Eventually the chief apologized to her personally AND explained that what the officer did was totally against procedure. I would have probably filed suit and asked for a small compensation for what could have ended in the deaths of two innocent people, including a baby.