VT Police Coerce Man to Consent to Search

After being pulled over by a Vermont State Trooper for a headlight out, Andrew from Keene is coerced, despite what the police claim, to consent to his car being searched. Had he not given consent, they would have towed the car and held it until a warrant was issued to search it.

They also threaten to tow the vehicle if his friends don't leave the scene.

Vermont Trooper Michael Studin.

Part 2 of this video can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiTe6NOu8NI

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• FreeKeene
• Vermont
• Police

[LassieLupin]

We tripped over this video in my Law class, the class was laughing hysterically about the illegality of all of this, from the prolonged Terry Stop to the coercion that occurred. It's truly amazing. "It's an 'Alternative'" has become a catch phrase with all of us. I think the real issue here is that cops only go through about two weeks of legal classes so often they'll commit illegal action without knowledge that they are.

[GloriousCoconut]

@LassieLupin That's very interesting! Your law class watches youtube during class?

Anyway, it's unfortunate that legal remedies to things like this, such as getting Andrew paid for his 3 hours wasted, are so difficult, and that police, on a whim, can waste so much of an innocent person's time.

[schniv]

Fucking pig. Stolen- it's means taking something without permission. That's what 'seizing' it is, stealing. Dumb fucker.

[kull218]

fap fap fap

[AlCaPownMC]

fucked up

[2017Downtown]

The coercion is crazy...

[1775novten]

haha, wait just a second. The officer said "The dog alerted to your car" and then said "you can either give us consent or we'll seize it until we get a warrant". If I'm not mistaken, isn't the "alert" of a K9 probable cause to search in of itself? Which leads us to believe that the dog actually didn't alert and the cop is lying to get consent. Police are such thugs.

[greggh]

Even more upsetting than these criminal cop thugs shitting on the constitution is that you sold your 4th amendment rights away for the price of a $100 tow.

[trueleroix]

@JACOB3601 Excellent, fuckface, now just tell me how to find you.

[trueleroix]

@JACOB3601 I said, "Do this or shut the fuck up." Instead you write some sick nonsense about pedophilia. You are very sad. I would love to admuinister your beating, but I know you are a pathetic coward, such a piece of shit, I would call you a state trooper, but I don't want to be mean. I just hope that you run your mouth in publis, and somebody superior to you, like myself does the morally imperative thing by beating you to a bloody pulp. Consider suicide, please.