This is a disturbing decision. TL;DR the supreme Court decided 8-1 that even if the police search your vehicle after pulling you for a crime that DOESNT ACTUALLY EXIST, the results of the search are usable in court. In this case, it was an NC stop for a broken tail light - but one broken tail light isnt a ticketable offense in NC. The same logic could apply to a stop for tire with not much tread or any other threadbare excuse, though. In effect, it boils down to a blanket OK for s/he looked suspicious to me so I pulled em over and started a fishing expedition. This is deeply, deeply disturbing. The 4th amendment exists for a REASON. bloombergview/articles/2014-12-15/for-police-ignorance-excuses
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 11:38:46 +0000
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