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The story tells us the officer stated " "I observed the driver stick his hands out of the window a couple of times. I did not see the driver throw anything from the vehicle, though it was dark and the road was poorly lit."
if the officer couldn't tell if he threw something out his hand in front of him because of the darkness then how in the blue hades is he going to see the official marking on the car behind him?
There is no common sense in these charges. There is no common sense in the DA offering lesser charges. There is no common sense in any judge or jury finding this man guilty of these charges.
This is America though so he may as well prepare himself for prison.
best to pull over and take your chances with getting robbed I guess. .
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Originally Posted by blktoptrvl
Well, here is another "gift" from law enforcement...
For years, police departments and media have been suggesting that people wait until they are in a well lit area to stop for police signaling to pull over.
Although I have no connection to this young man - except through empathy - I am glad to hear the charges are tossed. Too many "people" like the original prosecutor on this case who tried to get him to take a plea and numbskulls see nothing but sport in attempting to ruin people's lives over non-issues.
Thanks again.
Last edited by blktoptrvl; 07-08-2015 at 02:15 PM..
That article makes it sound like it is in regards to being pulled over by an unmarked car, that makes more sense. A marked police car with a uniformed officer should be more obvious to the driver to pull over at the first safe spot.
Not quite sure how you can tell a marked police car and uniformed office on a dark street though.
And lasted for only minutes in the jurisdiction when seen by sharp deputies
A fake police car would only last seconds anywhere in my jurisdiction. We look carefully at all police vehicles and check out anyone in our jurisdiction... for just this reason and many more
You will not find this a common occurrence... you will find fake unmarked cars...
We are also required to carry both a badge and picture id...and in our case our drivers license as well.
Unmarked cars also have special indicators only we know to check them as being legitimate.
Now... illigitimate government vehicles ..yes.. that does happen.. regularly...the cartels have tried all manners of vehicles to get drugs across the border
Fake marked vehicles are not an issue...
Nor really are drivers who fail to yield for marked cars... very very small percent of incidents in the real world...
As stated.. I also tactically pick where I want you to stop.. and I want safe approaches.. well lit areas.. public if possible with as many witnesses as possible with as few escape routes as possible. Many other factors also go into where I stop you...
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