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#1 I was pulled over yesterday and am now freaking out.
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02-20-2011, 02:36 PM
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Project Grudge (221 posts)
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I was pulled over yesterday and am now freaking out.
I work 40 hours a week and volunteer to teach another 10 hours. So I relax during my one day off a week.
I was leaving a friend's and had just turned onto MY BLOCK when I was pulled over within eyesight of my house. The cop had me step out of the car and then he preceded to tell me my license plate light doesn't work. (Which is true because my older model doesn't even have one.)
He had me step out of the car and do sobriety tests after sobriety tests. I followed my eyes with the officer's pen. Then I walked a straight line. He had me blow into a breathalyzer where I blew a 000. Then he had me balance myself on one foot. It was early in the cold morning (I had smoked a couple of hours before hand) and I had difficulty doing it. Now he had probable cause and searched my vehicle where he found a little weed.
I've never been in trouble with the law before and I'm trying to go to grad school. I'm so terrified that having "Possession" on my record will prevent me from getting aid and getting a good job.
Keep in mind, the back of my garage always has graffiti on it and I hear of burglaries in my neighborhood all the time. However, I never hear of any of these being solved or arrests being made. I hate being poor.
You might not have been drunk, but because of the effects of the weed in your system, you gave all the signs. Your dumb fault you got busted.
cleanhippie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sun Feb-20-11 12:38 PM
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1. Get a good lawyer.
Sounds like this will be an easy one to get tossed out, but you need to get a good lawyer. Its gonna cost you, but....
But count on Bobbolink to step in...
bobbolink Donating Member (1000+ posts)Sun Feb-20-11 01:19 PM
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23. What does it take for any of you to notice when someone says they are POOR?
Does muddleclass equate to blind?
leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sun Feb-20-11 12:40 PM
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4. This is such a no-brainer, s/he doesn't even need a 'good' lawyer
leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sun Feb-20-11 12:59 PM
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15. It was a joke
:shrug:
I got a ton of lawyer jokes, wanna hear em?
hollowdweller Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sun Feb-20-11 12:41 PM
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5. Have any bumperstickers?
Sounds like the guy made you for a stoner and then decided he was going to find out a way to search your car.Klaatu barada nikto
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02-20-2011, 03:30 PM
This person is probably a boring little turd, which doesn't alter the fact that a police officer trampled the Fourth Amendment with the approval of the Courts.
Yeah, I read the part about probable cause. Ask yourself if Stephen Decatur would have let a sheriff search his coach behind such a pretense.
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02-20-2011, 03:41 PM
In most sports, cold-cocking an opposing player repeatedly in the face with a series of gigantic Slovakian uppercuts would get you a multi-game suspension without pay.
In hockey, it means you have to sit in the penalty box for five minutes.
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02-20-2011, 04:12 PM
I'm so terrified that having "Possession" on my record will prevent me from getting aid and getting a good job.
And how much is "a little" weed?
DUmmie learns the hard way that actions have consequences.
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02-20-2011, 04:18 PM
I have a question on this, and I am by no means knowledgeable on this as I am yet to be pulled over for DUI or possession.
Even if the officer suspects he may have some thing in the car, doesn't the officer have to ask for permission to look. And the suspect have to give it? And if he doesn't, then the officer needs to get a warrant, or the guy can simple get back in his car and drive to his house. He passed the sobriety check, only under suspicion of some thing but no proof.
So if I'm not mistaken, the idiot could have simply told the officer no and not been busted, so his dumb move.Klaatu barada nikto
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02-20-2011, 04:21 PM
Project Grudge (222 posts) Sun Feb-20-11 12:51 PM
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8. I live in Indiana
I won't be carrying it on me when I drive anymore that's for sure. He may have smelled it on me. I don't know. I also drive an old vehicle and live in a "bad" neighborhood. So that, along with my age (20s) is enough to establish guilt in a lot of minds.
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02-20-2011, 04:35 PM
In most sports, cold-cocking an opposing player repeatedly in the face with a series of gigantic Slovakian uppercuts would get you a multi-game suspension without pay.
In hockey, it means you have to sit in the penalty box for five minutes.
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