Just want to hear stories so I can mentally prepare myself for such… hostile… interactions… (Hopefully this never happens to me)
P.S: And before anyone start spamming “Don’t Consent to searches”, remember that that’s a very democracy-centric viewpoint. In some countries you could be jailed for refusing.
My brother, not me, so I don’t know all the details ……
He was buying cars at auction, then fixing them up to sell. He took one on a road trip and got stopped in Ohio because he was profiled (white 300z with blacked out windows) as a drug dealer (and probably speeding). They emptied his car and threw everything on the ground. When they didn’t find anything, they impounded the car and dropped him at a bus station. He had to go back to Ohio a few weeks later to get his car back and found it undrivable because they tore apart the interior and slashed the upholstery.
Any legal action or ramifications? Can’t imagine he’d let that pass?
He was a teenager at the time, and out of state. While it seems like he had a case, he really wasn’t able to pursue it.
This is a down side of cops targetting out of towners: unfair results because it’s more difficult to respond
Let me introduce you to a wonderful concept called qualified immunity.
That sounds unjust. :(