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Originally Posted by Rochard
In 2004 I got pulled over in Phoenix by the highway patrol. I was stuck in traffic and when I broke free I punched it, all the way up to the 130 mph range. I didn't know it, but there was a marked highway patrol car behind me (It was night, it was Phoenix, and my windows were tinted so dark in the back I couldn't see what was behind me). I didn't know they were after me until I saw the cop cars in front me.
They thought I was intentionally running from the police because I had something to hide, most likely drugs or a dead body or something. It was a full felony stop, shut down the freeway, handcuffs, detained me in the back of the squad car. They asked for permission to search my car; No problem, I had an over night back, some CDs, and a carton of smokes. When they couldn't find anything they brought out the dogs and searched again. There was nothing to find, and I was let go with a really nasty ticket.
Maybe I am naive, but I didn't fear getting into trouble. I had nothing to hide. What are they gonna do, stash drugs in the trunk of my car? Be serious.
Maybe my problem is it seems more and more of my friends these days are police officers.
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You are quite naive in some ways. I guess it was lucky that you weren't, say, on your way to buy a used motorcycle or something, and had more than $5k in cash in the car. They would have claimed that it was drug money (with no evidence), then seized it, possibly your car as well, and then you would have had to spend at least a year, and a bunch of lawyer fees trying to get it back. (and btw, they might not have even charged you with any crime, that is the way civil forfiture laws work these days)
I guess it will all be fine with you, until it's too late.
"....Then they came for me,
and there was no one left to speak for me."
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