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Originally Posted by ratbastid
I've got a new mantra for you: "I do not consent to your search of my vehicle." They need your permission to search your property, and as long as you're on record calmly and politely communicating your lack of consent, anything they might potentially find will be inadmissable. Unless you're going around broadcasting probable cause, in which case, knock that off.
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I am always polite and calm with police, but they never seem to want to return that courtesy. The first time the cop searched my truck (when I was moving) I didn't think he was going to be a dick and trash my stuff. I figured it was better for him to search my truck rather than wait for a K9 unit to show up. I guess I was wrong.
Second time I was kinda shaken up after being thrown against a car and being searched. I just wanted to get the fuck out of there so I let him search my truck, but he said he *knew* I was hiding something, so he called a K9 unit anyway.
Maybe I was just being naive; ya know, trusting cops. I always try to be nice and what not, and after my packed stuff got opened I just figured it was a single asshole cop and that would not happen again. Guess I was wrong. I go to flight school, and if I were to get arrested, my career as a pilot would be over before it started, so I have no reason to be a dick to a cop and do something that would get me arrested. I also do not do drugs so I knew that the cops would not find anything. Maybe just being a 19 year old male is a crime..
You were not there and more than likely you will not believe me when I said that I did not do anything wrong or give any reason to be treated the way I was. Regardless, it happened just the way I told it, and I don't much care if you believe me or not. And those aren't even all of the bad experiences I've had with cops.. There have been numerous times when I've been detained by naz- I mean police, like when I was skating at a skatepark with my friends, walking on the side of the road to a gas station, and the list goes on..