How to Avoid a Vehicle Search!

Using your 4th Amendment Rights! Staying calm, telling the police that they can't search as a matter of principle is often the easiest way to avoid police rifling through your personal effects. In this police dashboard cam video from Georgetown, South Carolina, Scott tells the cops that he does mind if he searches and in the end he drives off without a search!

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• 4th Amendment
• Traffic Stops
• Illegal Searches
• drug searches

[flacan2000]

The Supreme Court has ruled on pretextual traffic stops. The police cannot use the fact that you deny them a search as probable cause, they try to use it as reasonable suspicion, but in court in a criminal case, its good enough to exclude the evidence.

[saknk1]

is funny how keyboard hero's love to bark about the cops , is true that some cops dont really fallow the law very well , but not all of them are like that so have some respect because maybe next time you got in to a accident in the road or any other maybe they are the ones who can save your ass, i'm not a cop but i was a IMT and have have seen cops do things to get the person out of the totally destroyed car that is not for every hart to handle , but stories you dont see on tv !

[flacan2000]

@saknk1 That may be true, but there have also been times that regular citizens have saved others in these conditions. I am of the school that no occupation deserves praise simply by virtue of their occupation. You have to do something to warrant merit. In fact cops should be held to a higher standard per they are supposed to be examples unfortunately due to the attitude of lumping praise upon them warranted or not, police seem to have developed a superiority complex, which is a shame.

[saknk1]

@flacan2000 , well i just think some respect , because when people got hurt they dont think twice on calling them , i as EMT was disrespected soo many times even know i was holding the persons live in my hand , people treat to sue you because you took to long or because you are driving too fast etc some times is comic , but some times those offences are not forgotten , people should have more responsibly with they won lives !

[flacan2000]

@saknk1 But see you still haven't given up on the entitlement of respect attitude, regardless of how people respect their own lives is not your concern. People are not entitled to respect, it is earned. I might point out that no one holds a gun to your head or anyone else's to be an EMT or a Police. You volunteer for this job, respect or not and are not entitled to anything but a paycheck for the hours put in. Anything else is a bonus and cannot be expected or demanded.

[mapache11]

Unlike what cop haters say, this is how most cops act when the driver isn't an asshole towards them, follows some simple directions ie hand over your license etc. and answers questions in a straight forward way. The only question I don't answer honestly is "Do you know why I stopped you?" Only an idiot says "Yes, I was speeding." If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. Unless the cop is one of the few who enjoy hassling Joe Public.

[flacan2000]

@mapache11 Not always true, Police are usually going on fishing expeditions and violating rights, like this one attempted to do. I don't trust american police farther than I can throw them.

[BlackSN8K]

The good ole' days... Note the date, 9/11 hasn't occurred yet.

[preventativecure]

He shouldn't have mentioned medical marihuana. Furthermore, he shouldn't even have stuck around to "answer a few more questions". After the ticket was written out, the detainment was officially concluded and the man was free to leave. Any further interaction w/ the cop was "consensual".

[Christopher711]

At the 4 and a half minute point on he should have shut his mouth. Say "thank you officer am

I free to go?" and if he says yes , then leave.

[skillssaysitall]

@les73109 People also need to understand that it's not an officer's job to protect your rights. It's their job to prevent crime. Not knowing your rights just makes their job easier. We ALL need to make a habit of exercising our rights ESPECIALLY the innocent and not have a violation of them be the norm. Not consenting doesn't make you guilty, it makes you American.

[Unkraut1960]

@jjdh3 that gives him all of the probable cause he needs

no it doesn't

[les73109]

People need to understand police are people too. Some are really nice and helpful but a few are not and the ones that are not do a complete disservice to the good men and women out there.

[jjdh3]

How do you figure he didn't have probable cause he stated the man threw something out of the window that gives him all of the probable cause he needs

[saberswordsmen1]

@klingenator He said he had probable cause when he didn't. That's about as close to "attempt to violate" as one can get without actual violation.

[Retnaburn]

Man, I want to know if he had anything on him or not so bad now.