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Originally Posted by Cape Cod Todd
Last week in Portland Maine a state trooper pulled over a van that had a cracked windshield and the passenger in the front did not have a seat belt on. When the trooper approached the van he found it contained a dozen men that could not provide ID or speak English. He suspected immigration violations so he contacted ICE since they would be able to supply a translator. It was found the occupants were illegal and for at least one it was his second time being caught.
The trooper was heard to saying that he had hit the mother lode for ICE and that is where he is in trouble and the illegal aliens may walk.
It seems that, at least according to the illegal aliens lawyer that the Trooper did not pull the van over for the cracked windshield but he did so because he was racially profiling his clients
Attorney alleges racial profiling by state police in Portland traffic stop - Portland Press Herald
This will of course play itself out in court and the Trooper who was doing his job will be made out to be the bad guy.
Sooo the question is will a situation like this where the cop was doing his job and ended up in trouble will other officers see this case and let suspects go that they would have otherwise stopped in order to stay out of trouble?
The double standard would be that white people would be stopped while brown people that might be in the country illegally would be let go.
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That double standard already exists. In a lot of places cops routinely let illegals go instead of citing them for moving violations because of all the paperwork.
By the way, in this case, the lawyer's argument is not going to get them anywhere:
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Burke, however, testified that he had two reasons for asking for everyone’s identification. First, he planned to cite each person for not wearing a seat belt. And second, he wanted to find out if there was anyone licensed to drive the van, so it wouldn’t have to be towed.
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