It’s been past time for that for a while. Cops have always caused more injuries to the public than cops have had inflicted upon them. What I have seen cops do - and celebrate - in my 22 years as a paramedic make me hate cops. I would rather have random strangers show up to help me than a cop.
He made a mistake at 7:45. When they ask you if you mind if they search your car for a minute, you should always answer no." Answering no means you don't mind. It's a trick question. The proper answer is "I don't consent to searches."
Exactly this. Don’t answer that question yes or no. Answer “I do not consent to a search.” Anything other than that precise verbiage can be misconstrued.
@@diaperjoeisaped1723 If the question is “do you mind if I search,” a simple “no” means “no, I don’t mind (you may search).” If you answer yes (meaning I DO mind, you may not search), you will almost certainly be deemed to have consented. The question is deliberately phrased to elicit a response that can be misconstrued. The only correct and unambiguous response to “do you mind if I search” is “I do not consent.” FYI, I went to law school at University of Tennessee. I’m retired after 29 years experience in criminal defense.
To a reasonable person the answer "Yes" to that question is perfectly clear. It takes a cop to misunderstand on that level. Literally for a cop to make that claim he's saying that he's too stupid to understand basic 4th grade English and has no idea what he's asking on the side of the road. (Which ought to invalidate any RAS or PC he develops because he's too stupid to understand his own questions. Alas, the courts allow the police to have their cake and eat it too.)
If you live in the USA your "freedom"ended after the patriot act. Citizens United then allowed PACs allowed corporations to buy politicians who make the laws.
You are,it's the CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED RIGHT to move freely within the borders of The United States of America and any state,city without interference from any HIRED PUBLIC CIVIL SERVANT.
I am a 73-year-old Hispanic man. When I was 17 years old, I drove a 1959 GMC pickup. It was all primer gray. I was at my girlfriend‘s house playing cards with her and her parents. Her father said I will buy if you fly for pizza. So my girlfriend and I jumped in my truck drove down to Thompson Boulevard in Ventura, California to pick up a pizza that we had ordered over the phone. We got about one block from the pizza joint. When the Ventura PD pulled me over at gunpoint. Told us to put our hands on the dash at 17 years old getting a gun pointed at your head is quite frightening. My girlfriend started to shake and was crying. The officer told me to stick my hands out the window, and he was flashing. A light at my hands, told me to show him my hands and arms. Turn your hands over he said, let me see your underside. He said I matched the description of an armed robbery in Santa Barbara, California and the man had tattoos on his hands and arms. I do not have a tattoo on my body even today. He pulled us both out of the truck at gunpoint separated us in different cars. They tore my truck apart, took the seat out, ripped the glove box out took the spare out of the back my jack and whatever else I had they had scattered on the sidewalk. They kept telling me that I was a armed robber. We kept saying we don’t know what you’re talking about. We just left my father-in-law‘s house he’s the chief of the fire department here in Ventura. Call him. They wouldn’t do it. We were there for about 45 minutes to an hour. They threw my pizza on the sidewalk. Finally a white shirt came and said he has no tattoos on his hands or arms let him go, no apologies no nothing. They left all my shit strung out on the sidewalk. My girlfriend and I had to put everything back in the truck including my front seat. We went to the house My girlfriend’s dad asked what took you so long we told him what it happened and my girlfriend was still hysterical and crying. She said I thought we were going to die. They threw Joey on the floor and jumped on top of him my chin and my elbow in my nose were scuffed up and bleeding. My girlfriend‘s father, being the chief of the fire department, called the chief of police and ask, what the hell did they do that, the cop from the beginning new I had no tattoos, but they did it anyway. So we got a formal apology letter, but so what. Cops can kiss my ass from that day forward I’ve hated them. Today I’m a retired firefighter and I can tell you firsthand, the bad things that I’ve seen that they’ve done to people and got away with! They are trash with guns. I tell my children and grandchildren do not talk to them do not make iContact with them and for God sake don’t get involved with them. They will kill you.
Wow...that is absolutely terrible, im sorry you had to go through that, i cant believe all you got was a letter, i would've sued, they need to be stopped with the shitt they get away with
First of all you've got to realize 85% of cops come from alcoholic homes where they had no power whatsoever but now behind the badge they insert their power and God forbid if you don't want to go along with the BS they will throw the book at you....nothing but untreated 'isms
I hate to say it but cops can do or say anything they want. They can handcuff you when detaining you and call it officer safety. Wile putting the cuffs on you. They can say you put up a struggle and arrest you for resisting arrest without a fight. They can also arrest you for impeding an investigation. And then go search your car. Just because I feel you're rude for invoking your constitutional rights. I have seen them lie and reports and that's supposed to be illegal. Prove it.
I had a similar thing happen to me and some friends after they found the Tate Labianca murders and hadn’t figured out what happened yet. We were driving a 1958 Ford wagon and got torn apart and had to put it all back ourselves.
They aren’t all like that, laws are different and you are protected a lot better than before. Most municipalities hire much better quality cops these days. Martin Luther King’s efforts have paid off for everyone, so know your rights and exercise them. Do what this guy says and you will be fine. Sorry you experienced these bullies who got away with their misdeeds.
Again if cops are legally allowed to LIE, how can judges and the public KNOW they aren't lying on the infraction or supposed crime? The FACT they can, will and do lie regularly makes anything they say or write uncredible.
Because this is all made up. This isn’t a video game, where the rules are determined by math and logic. This is law and government. Welcome to being human, it’s been this way for a while.
@@idareya7250 the question wasn’t “how can this continue”. If you want the answer to that question, ask it. Otherwise, don’t reframe the answer you were given as though it was answering a question you didn’t ask.
@@idareya7250 lol you can ask whatever you want. If you honestly think that this block of text has any power over you, that’s only because you let it. I’m just letting you know _how language works_ and how to have conversations with people instead of just using them to present your silly mind to the world and then immediately moving the goal posts without any effort at transition. Pretty simple. If you don’t want to communicate effectively, then don’t. I’ll just continue to point out how absolutely silly your mind and its products are. If you just want to speak colloquially and throw your hands in the air, then I’ll simply regard you as the programmed NPC you present yourself to be, and walk away as you continue to blurt out your pre-programmed responses.
Back in the early 90s I was driving my first new car, and got stopped by a cop for speeding (I was - 11 over). They said they would give me a warning, and asked if it was OK if they did a quick search of my car. I'd purchased it new, and was certain there was nothing illegal inside it, so I said yes. They tore off the door panels, ripped out the back seats, opened the hood and tore apart the air intake. They found nothing after a half hour, and ended the encounter by throwing my air filter down the road as they walked back to their car and left. It was just under $4000 in repairs to fix the damage, and my lawyer told me I had no recourse. I've been stopped 9 times in my life. 4 of them were good stops (I had broken a driving law), the other five were 100% lies, but I never allowed a search again, and you can be certain I learned my rights, and record every second of every cop encounter.
@@NikiLivi5he can’t, he consented to the search and there is no method for compensation for damage done in a vehicle search. our laws are totally dystopian we have no power if a cop decides to fuck around w us in a traffic stop.
They jacked me up just outside Baton Rouge late one night and asked if they could search. Even before I was done saying "no you can't search my car" he put me in cuffs and searched my car for 2 hours and called for 2 different dogs. I was traveling and so had lots of stuff and he piled it haphazardly, on the side of the road and left it there. When he finally said I was free to go and I said thank you, he said, Fuck you". Real servants of the people. This was also in the 90's.
None of them were "good stops" unless you believe that the government can be a victim of your speed with no bodily harm or harm to property. If you believe that, you're a fantastic slave pretending that freedom=slavery=freedom.
I was a U. S. Marine for fifteen years. During that time I was "FAPed" to the station Military Police (Fleet Assist Program, it is temporary duty to provide assistance to a supporting activity.). I served through a lot of crappy positions while I was taught the constitutional rights of citizens and the Federal legal exemptions to those right authorized by the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice). I was actually taught the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th amendments to the constitutions which are the first six (6) parts of the "Bill of Rights." I was then assigned to Patrol. When I got out of the Marines, I entered the Southern California Peace Officer's School at Riverside Community College. I was hired by the college Police Department. We regularly worked with and did ride alongs with the Riverside County Sheriffs Office. I was on a ride along with the RSO Deputy Fernandez. We observed a Black male enter a Mercedes in the driveway of a home in an expensive area of Riverside County. He seemed to be having a hard time putting it in gear and finally allowed it to roll down the driveway (the house was higher than the service road so the car could roll backwards while not under power) without starting the car. He then rolled down the hill while not under power until he got to a stop sign. Deputy Fernandez then initiated a traffic stop for Driving without headlights after sunset. He asked the driver to get out of the car first thing, without even stating that he was a Deputy or advising the reason for the stop. When the driver asked why, Fernandez reached in through the window and grabbed the driver by his hoodie and hair dragging the man out through the window (this is before seat-belts were required). Getting to the point, the car belonged to the driver and he was trying to be quiet because he was going to work at the local surgery center where he was a neural surgeon. The reason he had been quiet starting out was his wife was head nurse, in that same hospital where he worked, in charge of the night shift and had just got to sleep. The driver was a millionaire and an honored member of the City of Garden Grove. I did not know this when it happened, but I knew what Deputy Fernandez was doing was a violation of the individuals rights so I immediately physically stopped Fernandez. He arrested me for interference, assault on an officer, resisting and about four other minor things that were quickly thrown out. It was not until the Doctor testified at my arraignment that the DA dropped all the remaining charges. I was still trying to get a job with the RSO or Riverside city so I did not sue. I was fired from the Riverside community College Police Department the next day and never got a job with another department. I finally opened my own security agency and I now have a very comfortable portfolio. But both the Doctor and myself knew from that day forward that there is a disconnect between the policing agencies and the people.
I am so very sorry that that happened to you, sir. i’ve never been able to regain the trust of the police. I have a cousin in law that retired as a homicide detective. His words to me after our discussion was cops of the dirtiest filthiest minded back stabbing liars on the planet. The kids, their wives and their siblings and parents can’t even trust them.
When I was a kid was riding with a buddy; stone sober. We saw the cops behind us, 2 in one cruiser. My buddy had it nailed to the speed limit. This went on for miles, them behind us, my bud driving like an absolute saint. Finally we got to a gas station and decided "enough of this, we'll pull in and they'll have to go on their way". Nope. Followed us in, lights come on. Ordered out of the car and separated. Only thing the cop said to me that I recall was "empty your pockets". As luck would have it I was taking constitutional law classes at the time and I said "I don't have to do that, it's a violation of my rights". He said, "WHAT?" I started to say something about the 4th amendment and some case- can't recall. He cut me off and said "empty your pockets now or you're going to jail." I did and he got to look at my pocket change. We were two completely innocent kids doing absolutely nothing other than driving down the highway. I never forgot it. I had other incidents with cops pulling me over and demanding access to my trunk, multiple times, but the pocket one and his absolute dismissal of me asserting my rights and the threat of jail sticks out the most. So yeah, I"m a huge fan of body and dash cams. I know cops don't like them,. But like they are so fond of saying, "WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO HIDE? IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT."
I fear Rogue Government, crooked FBI, prosecutors, judges, cops. If they can do it to Trump, they can do it to you. They have no training in de-escalation, only in overpowering.
The town I grew up in had trouble with PD staff and starting last year they close at night "because we just can't find any people", which I have rather specific reasons to not believe even a little tiny bit. I did, however, learn a little while ago that they have body cams now, and given that two of them became felons by committing separate crimes against me (10 years apart), I completely understand that they meant "Everyone quit the day the cameras came in because they knew the abuse was over and they'd all go to prison if they put them on"
@@BaronVonQuiply Part of me, a not great part, thinks there's room for thug cops. In our heads we think Harry Callahan, the rogue-but-good-heart guy who takes out the baddies and has no time for "procedure" and "the brass". The reality is to the extent those people exist IRL they are thugs that should be no where near any sort of power.
I'm a white female, blond-hair, blue eyes and have been pulled over dozens times by the cops when I was younger, and never once was I asked to search my car, nor did they ever treat me like crap. I even avoided being taken to jail when I was going 103 mph through Oklahoma in my 1995 Z-28 wearing a low-cut tank top, but sadly, I did get the ticket, which later I was able to get reduced to a non-moving violation. That cop was so nice to me! And most of the time when I was stopped, I was given warnings. I think my sad story pretty much speaks for itself in the first 8 words. That also being said, now that I'm getting so much older there's only two other words I want to say and that is ... "Zachary Wester". Those words should send chills down everybody's spine. Never, ever consent to searches of your vehicle.
I had a cop tell me that not consenting to a search was probable cause to search my vehicle. He got fired that night. If a cop asks me to step out of the car I tell him, "I do not consent to a search of my vehicle or person and I again invoke my right to remain silent." Usually, the police respect those requests when they don't have probable cause. If they search without probable cause don't resist. Sue the crap put of them and their department because they've destroyed their sovereign immunity at that point.
@@diaperjoeisaped1723 who the F are you and who the F do you think you are with a comment like that? Obviously, you have a small you know what and it shows. 🤣
If a cop asks "Do you mind if I search your car?" then you should never say Yes or NO; you should ALWAYS say "I do NOT consent to any searches or seizures." Keep repeating it as often as necessary to get the cop to stop asking, and make sure his body cam is on.
@blkcobra03 invoking your rights explicitly will get you an "oceans" (read: risk to officer safety) designation by the local department, meaning they might fcck with you at every opportunity, and might ask you to step out of the vehicle and at a minimum Terry frisk you.
@@animal0mother Ask me if I give a DAMN... You can be a SLAVE all you want. I will just file a CLAIM and get PAID if they ever tried to do something like. Stop being scared of your MASTERS.
EXACTLY! That is why "for their safety" is a SHAM. It has nothing to do with their safety. It's about giving an ORDER and having you OBEY that ORDER. Plain and simple.
I concerned about my safety at my job too. I work in an industrial plant. Let’s search everywhere to make sure there’s nothing that can hurt me… get a new job if you’re scared, got all pumped in the police academy. You’re paid for what you do, voluntarily
@@pieterwillembotha6719 yeah, I always thought the second amendment was funny. Its purpose is to “maintain a well regulated militia” to prevent foreign invasion and government tyranny. Unfortunately, if you shoot a law enforcement officer, doesn’t matter if you’re justified or not, your ass is going away for the rest of your life… how can this be a right if we’re punished for using it?
@@callofdutyfreak10123 in the event which you described, who said anything about letting them haul your ass off to the prison mangling machine? Yeah, I know, everyone's a badass on the internet, but when does the tyranny fucking stop? When did voting take away ANY power from the federal government or stop them from infringing on our God-given rights? At some point, there needs to be an accepted risk of being rid of our tyrants, even if it means being gunned-down or being locked-away forever in a rape cage, assuming of course that we're not interested living underneath the iron heel any longer. EDIT: I just remembered that _jury nullification_ is a thing
Northbound on the Texas side of the Red River, I was stopped for alleged speeding. First question I asked the cop: was my speed measured by laser or radar? Officer replied “radar”. My next question: was mine the only vehicle moving in the radar beam? Officer had to acknowledge that there were more than just my vehicle in motion in the radar cone. My next question: then, since my car does not have a transponder, how could your radar determine that my vehicle was the one returning the echo? Officer wrote and handed me a warning only. It pays to know a few things about technology …
I got pulled over after a long day at work. I was driving down a rural road I wasn't familiar with and tired as I was, I drifted over the middle line a little bit. Cop lit me up, and I drove to where I knew it was safe and pulled over at the next gas station. The officer asked me why I took so long to pull over, and I told him that on my way out to the job site, I remembered there being a ditch over on the side of the road around here and I didn't want to put us in it. He then Asked if I minded if he searched my vehicle. I responded "I don't consent to a search." He walked around my car with his flashlight, and when he didn't find anything to prompt him to do a search, he let me go. I'm glad most cops realize that if they search you after you don't consent, even if they find anything and they didn't have a reason to search to begin with, they will not get the conviction.
Excellent video. What some people don’t realize is a lot of officers are more interested in seizing your assets or car so they will be relentless on insisting on a search or looking for any reason.
As a much younger and dumber man, I got pulled over during my evening commute from work on a country road. I didn’t know why. So I grabbed my registration and proof of insurance, got my driver’s license, got out of my car and trotted back to the police car. I didn’t know how much that freaks them out! I thought I was being helpful and respectful, saving him from getting out and standing in the rain. And he could tell by my walking that I wasn’t drunk. Apparently, if you are in your car, they want you out, and if you are out of your car, they want you in. Officer safety.
Yes, do ad this video advises. Stay in your car with both hands on the steering wheel. Any roadside stop by law enforcement is a potentially deadly encounter these days. Police are not as brave as they used to be in years past.
@painterbw also was told to roll down window and show hands, by a cop, then this got me in trouble as a cop said only criminals do that. Damned if you do, damned if you dont.
Police usually enforce scenarios that they're ordered to enforce. Politics determines the extent and targeting of unfair canvassing. Cops turn bad when they have bad bosses.
@@pieterwillembotha6719 Which is WHY I strenuously object when CIVILIAN law enforcement personnel, aka "ARMED Government Workers", or AGWs, refer to the citizens they supposedly "protect and serve" as "civilians". (1) As you pointed out, the officers/deputies are ALSO "civilians", and (2) there's that not-so-subtle overtone that law enforcement has become a de facto standing army of OCCUPATION.
@@selfdo lol they are part of a specific community. People use “civilian” to describe anyone who isn’t involved in a particular venture. You morons can try to police language all you want, the rest of us will go on with life. Enjoy strenuously objecting to the words of other humans, whom you don’t even know lol I’m sure it’s a great use of your energy.
I had an officer pull me over at 3am, wanted to search the car and I said, "respectfully, I do not consent to a search" he said he was going to get a drug dog to check around but id have to wait for the k9 unit. I sat in my car, on the side of the highway, for at least 40 mins before he comes back and hands me a citation for.... I can't remember exactly, but it was bc I had "drifted into the the other lane" or something to that effect... he finally let me go after that.
You are required to step out 'if the cop feels he is in danger', which makes no sense since you are just as dangerous once you are outside the vehicle. Officer safety trumps your constitutional rights is how SCOTUS has set the system up to fail for we he people!
Also, requiring you to get out the car at the beginning of the stop and then ask if you have your license ECT, and "do you mind if the other officer grabs it" when you tell them it's in the car... Essentially giving them permission to be nosy in your car.
@@fosholyfe6115this is why I carry a copy of my insurance in my wallet with my ID so cops don't have this "legitimate" reason to get in my car. I'm also trying to ask a question on here about since they can only search unlocked parts of the vehicle if I get out and leave my keys(including remote fob) in the car since I have the number pad on my door and I can get in with the code wouldn't that then make my car now unsearchable because my car is locked?
You are required to step out if instructed to do so, then be pat down for officer safety. Thats what he said, additionally if on the side of a busy road with a lot of traffic it would be officer safety to have you step out and to the side to avoid getting hit.
I saw a video where the driver gave consent to search. The cop took out a knife and slit the seats and floor carpet looking for evidence. I agree with "NEVER GIVE CONSENT".
True, but by denying them your consent you've given your defense attorney ammunition to defend you with and your flesh eating civil trial attorney ammunition to cut them a new asshole.
Wow, I thought American was supposed to be land of the free not any more when tyrant cops will do the best to take your freedom and lock you in jail and you need guns to protect yourself fact is United States has 655 people per hundred thousand people highest of any country in the world too much gun, crime school massacre, shootings, police, shooting, innocent victims, drug crimes and armed robbery
@@johnm.3279 And your butthole will be hurting from all the money you had to pay. But that will work in your favor if police find something illegal, then it's time to suppress.
@@johnm.3279 Although there are cops that are downright moronic and/or stupid, in most cases, they're acting within the UNOFFICIAL Department "policy", i.e, they KNOW what their employer and/or the local courts will allow them to get away with. If they get disciplined and/or fired, it's an EXCUSE to get rid of someone that's run afoul of the chief and/or someone powerful on the force, or to mollify an angered "prominent" member of the community when he or a family member is inadvertently victimized. In so many instances, the cop files a grievance against his demotion or dismissal; he's offered a settlement that removes any derogatory information, and he moves on to another jurisdiction, becoming part of that "legion" of GYPSY COPS.
@@johnm.3279 unfortunately, he’s right. Police officers can’t be personally held liable for their actions. This is completely ass backwards, because I could NOT use the same defense if I were to do something illegal at my job…
"We got a call of a suspicious vehicle in the area that matches your vehicle" Wow! That's shocking how many times my car has been matched a suspicious vehicle this month in my neighborhood. Huh? Lol!
Let's not forget when the LEO asks you to step out of the car make sure you roll your windows up and lock your car. This keeps the LEO's from illegally entering your car. If they break windows to enter then you have another lawsuit against them.
@@georgewagner7787 But then the cops can just search you and get your keys and " look around a little bit inside your car" because they smell pot or something. No need to break anything..
@@PersonalStash420 No the cop can't. This would violate your 4th Amendment right. Illegal search and seizure. Remember, when a LEO is asking that means they can't act out without your permission.
@@GaBoyInKy Getting ones rights violated is common when refusing any request from LEO. But a cop might be hesitant to break a window to perform an illegal search. If I want a lawsuit then I leave them in my pocket; if I want to keep the cop out of my car then I lock them in the car.
dealt with a cop when i was younger claimed he smelled weed in the car and my friends all laughed at him and stated he was a dirty cop... the cop looked puzzled... they then told me to let him search the car so they could prove he was dirty... he asked why they were so sure he was dirty... one of them screwed up and told him why..... I'm allergic to pot... it's a food allergy LMFAO!!! so if he found any.. he planted it.. as none of my friends ever smoked or carried around me.....well i told him to have a lookie.. and funny thing is.. he didn't find anything with 8 kids watching him and laughing... there is more to the story as he also made some false claims to pull me over.. claimed i was speeding even though we saw him long before he ever saw us and everyone was watching my speedometer... i was under the whole time .. the whole story is much funnier and more involved.. but is true they will do anything to get to search you or arrest you...
It’s because the black robes serve the vatican families and you can bet all the money in the world they don’t give a rat’s tail about us, only how they can make money using us and the prison and jail slave system is one of their biggest moneymakers.
No actually. The Supreme Court never ruled that consent is consent to pure destruction on one’s property by itself. “Destruction” is what is follows & is necessary to find evidence in a short legal period of time. When you think about it, the implied context of a uniformed police officer is an evidence hunt. Consent is “go ahead look for evidence”. There are no limits to the hunt except for reasonable time to find evidence. If your merit & promotion was based on this what would you do as a police officer for whom you had a hunch? Hunch after consent. Not before which is illegal. I’m not a lawyer. The simple thing to do is to never consent.
Always Pull over, Roll down your window just enough to be able to hear the officer, when they ask “do you know why i pulled you over” respond accordingly “no officer i do not know why you pulled me over so i will ask am i being detained or am i free to go” if they are “detaining you” you then say “ i will comply with the Traffic stop however i will be invoking my 5th amendment right to remain silent and my 4th amendment right to refuse any illegal searches of my person or vehicle as well as my 6th amendment right to have a lawyer present before any questioning.
ThaNK YOU FOR THE GOOD INFORMATION. A PROBLEM WE HAVE IS FINDING A LAWYER THAT IS NOT COZY WITH THE LOCAL POLICE, JUDGES AND POLITICIANS. We do not trust the system.
Same exact thing happened to me in 1985. I was driving my lowered 67 Beetle and I let a cop search my car. He disassembled my car. He pulled the firewall out of it, the seats, everything. Then got in his car and said, see ya. Leaving me to put my car back together.
This happened a lot before dashcams. I'm sure it still happens, but if it happened to me I would take pictures of everything and go straight to my attorney.
@@Ericas-AdventureIn a late 60s as a high school kid, I destroyed a cop in court for an illicit moving traffic citation. I was so angry I got a mean lawyer, & then produced LARGE photos [after the fact] & graphics, plus witnesses, to prove what a lying sack-of-shit that ‘officer’ was IN COURT to the judge’s amazement. That ‘pig’ was off that force within months as other local folks came forward with their own complaints about encounters with that bully, & then the next force he tried to join dumped his ass when his reputation caught up with him. My lawyer was impressed in how vengeful ‘a kid’ could be… & I’m SURE that cop never forgot me.
I was driving 2 mph below the speed limit out on I-35 and had a Sheriff's deputy tailgate me for 20 minutes. I figured he was looking for any excuse to pull me over so I didn't touch the cruise and speed up, I didn't change lanes, I did nothing except stay in my lane and drive straight and maintain my speed. He followed me to the county line and took the next exit. Apparently obeying the law is pretty suspicious to LEOs too.
@@selfdo Yes, because not breaking the law is clearly RAS that you're breaking the law. It's why I say that there is absolutely nothing you can do that the cop can't convert into suspicion if he wants to.
@@Isaac_132 You claim that you completely followed the law and the officer followed you for some distance. When you did not violate the law, he turned around. That sounds like the officer did exactly the right thing. He looked at you for as long as he wanted and seeing no lawful reason to pull you over, turned around. Are you implying that the police looking at people while they’re driving, is some kind of constitutional violation? Let’s see, the police were looking at me to see if I did something wrong and upon not finding anything, left.
@@tvc1848 I love how you’re playing linguistic gymnastics with my words. The deputy followed me for over 20 minutes, 25-ish miles. That’s not just following for a bit and then going on about his business. That shows intent. The deputy was clearly focused on me, the guy obeying the law. The deputy wasn’t just "following" me; he was following me at an unsafe distance a.k.a. tailgating. It was as though he was trying to pressure me from behind to get me to speed up to create a safe distance between us. Had I sped up I would have violated the speed limit and given him the PC he needed to pull me over. I didn’t speed up. I-35 is the major north/south highway in Texas and is busy 24/7. We were being passed by plenty of traffic in clear violation of the speed limit yet the deputy wasn’t at all interested in them, he was focused on me, the one guy obeying the law. The deputy didn’t "just turn around" either. He followed me until we exited the county and he was out of his jurisdiction before turning around. Context is important and you’re making a decision to ignore it. You also missed the whole point of the comment which was about RAS. The deputy ignored all the other drivers who were speeding, changing lanes without signaling, etc., and instead focused on the one guy obeying the law. The point being that LEOs can twist anything into suspicion even obeying the law.
@@Isaac_132 🤣🤣🤣 Your story got a lot more lengthy and better. It went from he followed me to a master thesis. Who is now using the linguistic gymnastics? In the end, no matter what you say, he did not stop you because he saw no violation. If the officer was dishonest, he would have just made up a reason.
@7:46 when a cop askes "do you mind if search your car", its a no-win scenario. If you say "yes", then its an ok to search. Similarly if you say "no", then its an ok to search. I have seen courts (in VA) interpret the result this way. NLA-but the bet is to clearly say "I do not consent to a search".
@@Chris-fn4df what do they win? All of them lost a lot of time and resources even when they "won" the case. Did they get some compensation for wasted time and the trauma caused? Most of them do not get any compensation for suffering abuse and for the time wasted and even if the get some economical compensation I do not think is worth it. That is why I meant that is no possible wining.
And naturally since the the courts the attorneys and the police are all in cahoots when the cop says I had Reasonable Suspicion to pull him over the judge and the prosecutor are going to believe what he says no matter what. Thanks for the posting the video , people should know the law isn't on their side .
Years and years and years ago I had a problem with little critters setting up house in my '78 Chevy Blazer, we lived in the middle of a forest, and I always left the removable top off the truck in the Summer, and one night I was pulled over for speeding. The cop asked if he could search the truck, and since I was pretty sure I had at least one little animal hiding somewhere in the Blazer I decided to have some fun, and told the cop to go right ahead and search. Then I stepped back and waited. Cop starts searching, and when he gets to the back of the truck where I had a ton of stuff stored he suddenly yells and jumps back a mile - seems I had been right, there was a decent sized Opossum hiding back there, and he was not happy the cop had disturbed him. Cop tried to say I knew it was back there, but I just laughed at that - even if I had known, how exactly could I have kept the thing from jumping out of the truck whenever it wanted to?
"If you don't have anything to hide, why won't you let me search?" "Because I have the right to be secure in my person and belongings. You don't have a warrant or even articulable probable cause to suspect me of a crime, otherwise you wouldn't be asking me, so why do YOU want to?"
Assuming you are actually searching for people who are committing crimes and not just out randomly Harrassing people, you need to quit Harrassing me and go find someone who is committing crimes. That will be a much better use of your time. Buh-bye!
How do I go about trying to revoke officer safety? What about the safety of the citizen? We have given up our safety for the officer's. That doesn't seem to fly in the common sense arena.
When the cop took your info, turned his back, and found nothing...only then was officer safety an issue. Read Pennsylvania v Mims closely, not just a summary
We didn't give up our safety for the officer's. The BLACK ROBED TYRANTS made that $hit up. One possible way to revoke is to ask during the stop (preferably towards the beginning) is to ask if he feels threatened and his reply would generally be NO. At this point, barring you not giving him a reason to be so-called in fear for his safety, he legally couldn't order you out of your vehicle stating Terry v Ohio because that was the ONLY reason the BLACK ROBED TYRANTS ruled that way.
Find out who (what Politicians) makes the Laws governing the Police. Talk with them. Use the Power of "Recall Elections" those that refuses to represent "The People", as in "We the People"!
I was stopped by Santa Monica's finest many years ago during a wolfpack style dragnet on Main Street near where I lived at the time. I was driving my Barely Legal race car - A lowered Honda Civic I used as my daily driver. It was OBVIOUSLY a race car. It had no interior, a Kevlar racing seat, a 5 point harness, and a shift light - all of which were in plain view, but perfectly legal. Cop who pulled me over had a "hunch" I had made illegal modifications to my engine, but my engine was concealed under a beautiful light-wieght carbon fiber hood, so he couldn't SEE anything illegal. Understand that in California, any illegal modifications to CARB certified emissions equipment are punishable by a $10,000 fine. For EACH modification! Now I'm not saying there was anything non-CARB certified attached to my engine, and I'm not saying there wasn't a TON of ILLEGAL PERFORMACE ENHANCING MODIFICATIONS to that car's engine. All that is between me and the gods of SPEED. Anyway, the cop told me to "Step out of the car and open the hood". So I rolled up the windows, stepped outta the car, and locked it. Again he ordered me to "open the hood" to which I replied "No - you do not have permission to search my vehicle officer" politely but firmly. "WHY NOT?" "...because I'm a very private person. You DO NOT have my permission to search my vehicle" ...what followed was a predictable series of demands and threats about impounding my car and getting a search warrant followed by me saying: "Do whatever you have to do, but you DO NOT have permission to search my car" Long story short, he cited me for "Failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk (false charge #1) and "Illegal Muffler" (False charge #2) I drove off with my race-car, fought both tickets, and WON. The secret is to know your rights and responsibilites, the limits of the cop's authority, and the games they like to play to get you to consent to waiving your rights. It's like playing poker. They will lie and bluff and try to intimidate you because they are allowed to by law. Don't take it personally. Don't get angry. Remain calm and polite, assert your rights, and then STFU. If they want to impound your car, they will impound your car, search or no search. If they want to arrest you, they will arrest you, regardless of your guilt or innocence. Your best bet is remain as silent as possible. You are not required to assist them in thier attempts to incriminate you. If you can't keep your mouth shut, change the subject. If they ask you if you have any drugs, say "Do YOU have any drugs?" If they say "How many drinks have you had tonight" say "How many have you had tonight?" See what I'm doing there? Answer their question with their question. Nothing illegal about having a 3rd grade playground conversation with them. Might make them mad though, and it's unwise to deliberately piss off professional thugs with big guns, small penises, handcuffs, stun guns, and interrogation rooms and rapey jai lcells they can confine you in after they beat your ass senseless. So answer their question with your own innocuous small-talk question if you feel chatty. Change the subject like you're suffering from demetia. Better yet, evangilze 'em if they keep asking incriminating questions: "You seem like a good person. Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal lord and savior?" If they say, "As a matter of I have, asshole...", ask them to kneel down and pray with you on the spot for world peace and an end to homosexual marraige. If they say "No! TELL ME HOW MANY BEERS YOU DRANK AT THE TITTY BAR TONIGHT!!!!" start educating them about Joseph Smith and the book of Mormon. This works with any subject really. Teach them about the early 20th century sufferage movement. Dinosuars, Stamp Collecting. Differential Calculus. Your favorite TikToc make-up artist. They'll let you go soon enough.
I would NOT let a LEO to search my vehicle… and this is why.. I should add, I’m former LEO… My brother had his vehicle searched by consenting, he had a few very expensive items missing after the search.. the sad thing is, I know the officer that did the search, and I feel the hunting items were taken by him, he is a big hunter and eventually moved to become a game warden..
Well, you can never CONSENT to having your vehicle searched, but that doesn't mean you absolutely can PREVENT that search. It just means your "consent" didn't "cure all".
Recently i was pulled over for no tag light. The cop asked me if i had all my old fines paid. I said yes. He asked me again two more times after returning to his car each time. The third time he returned he wanted to know who i was talking to(i was on my phone). I told him my lil brother. He said get off the phone now. I said why? He said can i search your pickup? I said for what? He said i told you to get off your phone. I said, can you really make me get off the phone because im supposed to be able to legally record this kinda stuff aren't i. He said get out of the truck. I said ,why man whats goin on? He snatched my door open and said, because you are going to jail for disorderly conduct. Cuffed me and stuck me in the back of his police car and for an hour i sat there looking at my tag light shining because my truck was still running while the cops mingled around and played with the drug dog or whatever and found nothing. I dont even think any cop searched me, patted me down, or anything. I had my little Yorkie dog with me in the truck and he was traumatized when i found him the next day at an animal rescue house as soon as i got out of jail. I then had to find my pickup which was towed to another town and cost almost $300 to get it back. I went to jail for disorderly conduct, no tag light, and no proof liability insurance. After bonding out of jail, paying to get my truck back, and updating insurance i was out of just over $900 and spent a night and the next day all day incarsarated. I cant afford a lawyer and will probably get stuck with another$1300 - $1500 worth of tickets after court because of a tag light. At the preliminary hearing no tickets got dropped and having insurance didnt help because im going to trial next month to be prosecuted for all three tickets, to the fullest. Cops think nothing about an already struggling to pay bills person that makes them money from tickets they write even if they have to lie for it. Cops think nothing about what goes throu someones mind after sitting in jail a couple days for no reason at all. Cops think nothing at all about why and how their lives truly are in danger after years and years of the same bullshit done to someone that is tired. Very tired.
This is because the purpose of law and police isn't protecting the citizenry, but reinforcing power dynamics. Imagine if you'd been rich? These fines would have been nothing to you. The basis of modern power is monopoly on violence and administration of property(which relies on the former to function). Police serve a suppressive function against those who try to acquire any power outside of accepted frameworks. This can be anything from criminal income to simply being part of an outgroup but not 'knowing your place'. A society full of a plethora of fees and money-draining schemes favors those who can tank the loss and still have money left over to lobby for their favorite policies, while everyone else has to meekly accept the order they create or else risk life and livelihood dealing with their enforcers.
UPDATE: at court today again on the fake charges, false imprisonment, and illegal seizure of private property is what its supposed to be, but instead its improper equipment, disorderly conduct, and no insurance, the judge give me 30 days incarceration for contempt of court. i said , i was here last court date, 4 weeks ago. he suspended it but a contempt of court on record for me and i was there
The Founders weren't stupid or simply a gaggle of "Old WHITE MEN". There were a lot LESS police around in their time, but they understood the dangers of a "Police State". Just what the British had some in recent colonial times, which, with respect to THESE DAYS, was MILD indeed, was enough to inspire them to craft the Bill of Rights.
I drove away from an establishment that served alcohol and was pulled over. When I asked the officer why he pulled me over, he said "you were weaving within your lane". Never mind that I didn't cross the line. I was "weaving within my lane". At the bar, I deliberately started drinking club soda before I was going to leave the establishment. This saved me because I took a breathalyzer and was below the legal limit. The cop then asked me if I was going to walk home or take a cab. I told him I was within the legal limit so I was going to drive home. He said "Neither one of us would feel good if you ran into someone on the way home." So I took a cab a few miles and the cab driver told me he would take me back to my vehicle since the cop would most probably be gone. So he drove me back and I drove home.
I was pulled over for the use of off-road lights. During the stop, I gave no consent for a search. The officer was a canine unit (my luck). The cop let his goddamn German Shepherd stand up on his hind legs while he sniffed allowing his front paws to scratch my black paint on every single part of the car, except the hood. This was especially noticeable by the driver door because the window was down. Totally demolished the outside of my car beyond what a cut and polish could fix. I was paid no restitution. Thx California
Don’t you dare blame the state of California! It’s the United States Supreme Court that allowed police officers to do as they please. The activist, Lawless, United States Supreme Court with their conservative majority.
Sarcasm = a gorm of humor expressing a complete inability to do anything positive in a situation..be polite and cover all the points above...and that disarms you from showing defeat or complying with anything illegal. They have a service now where you can call an attorney pool when engaged by law enforcement.
if he says he is going to get a drug dog how about tell him to call internal affairs while he is detaining you longer than necessary so you will be filing a law suit against the department.
Was once pulled over in my gf's car for expired registration. They asked to search the car and I refused. They asked why and said I looked nervous, and claimed they smelled weed and were going to get a K9 unit there. I said it is normal for anyone to be nervous in a stop. You can't search my car, but if you want to waste your time with the K9, be my guest. I remained calm for about 30 minutes while they had me standing against the car in the hottest part of Houstons summer, also refused to let me get on my phone to try and call anyone (as they knew it was a bogus stop), and then finally they said I was free to go. I was far from my apartment and was just going to my gf's brothers house because she left her purse there which was only a half block from where they pulled me over. When I initially passed them they were working on another stop and I waved at them, as I was trying to be friendly. Next thing I know I'm being pulled over and they said because I was from so far away on the other side of Houston, they suspected me of being a drug dealer essentially. What nonsense. Oh, and one cop came to the passenger side, so they tried to claim that the breeze from both sides windows being open was how they smelled Marijuana. Which was comical because I don't smoke anything, let alone ever in my gf's car. So pro tip, don't open the passenger side window. Anyways, once I left they followed me the half block to see me get the purse which I told them about. As I was walking back to the car I saw they had turned around to watch and possibly pursue me again, so I held it up with my middle finger sticking out. They followed me for a few more blocks just to be extra massive pricks, and then finally broke off. Anyways, yeah, NEVER consent to anything. They will try anything and everything to try and find some sort of punishable offense...
A few years back in Fort Worth I was asked if they could search my vehicle. I didnt know I should say no at the time. I let them. They tore my car apart for 30 minutes found nothing and then let me go saying "Have a nice day". They spent 30 minutes desperately trying to send me to jail and ruin my life while I was on the way to pick up my daughters. Then they said "Have a nice day". Wow.
I've been asked to step out of my vehicle twice in my driving history and both times I locked my vehicle after exiting. Police asked why I locked the vehicle and I answered because they asked me to exit. Never any issues.
Basically I've just learned that cops can basically do ANYTHING they want, regardless of specific laws. It's all about control and inconveniencing the Public. The other thing is that most times the body has a natural defense mechanism causing the body to become somewhat tense, which is then wrongfully interpreted as resisting and the cops us this harmless reaction to beef up their unnecessary detainment. There needs to be more emphasis on being civil to other human beings until they feel threatened. Just my 2 cents!
There's a wee "problem"...EVERYONE has a REASON to fear the cops, it's just not the SAME reason. The "criminal" has the OBVIOUS reason, either there's a warrant out for his arrest, and he's about to get "pinched", or there's something on him or about him that would tend to incriminate, with the same concern that he's "going in." The LAW-ABIDING has ever the MORE to fear...because (a) he's probably not as familiar with what the cops can and will do as the criminal for whom an arrest wont be his "first rodeo", (b) he's no idea of WHY the cops are interested in him, and (c) he's got a mistaken notion that either the cops will see that he's a "good guy", and MUST let him go, or that he can talk his way out of such a predicament. If you're a criminal and arrested, you need a lawyer. If you're not a criminal, and have good reason to believe you haven't committed any crime, but are arrested anyway, you REALLY need a lawyer!
Once again, you must record any encounters with the police period! Cops don’t like being called Nazi’s. I let a cop have it a number of years ago when my brother was pulled over, he asked me for my ID. I said did we just travel through a time warp, are we now in Nazi Germany papers please. I shut him up real quick, he knew I know my rights.
I had a neighb 10:00 or (friend), that became a cop, he told me that i does not matter if you break a law or do anything wrong, that they've created so many laws that they can pull anybody over and arrest them if they want. On another note: i had a cop pull me over once, i did nothing wrong, him and his partner was bored, after he checked all my papers, he wrote me a ticket for detaining an official, he said i was keeping him from his duties - so when it comes to cops, i have no sympathy.
Great example of why one should have an attorney. Most people don’t seem to even be able to follow basic grammar: if you are asked whether or not you mind being searched and you answer “no”, you’re saying that you do not mind; therefore you have given consent. Careful and God bless!
Agreed, but they are trained from the animal/reptile brain to think every situation is a threat to thier lives which is not true. This causes division and a service to self mindest which cannot truly bear fruit. Cops are a cult of violence who look at everyone else as a threat, instead of understanding we are in the struggle of life together, so there is no need for unnecessary violence, entrapment, or extortion because it does not serve or benefit the public, only creates more suffering and enslavement.
Established you have to also bear in mind. Most police houses act like your friend, they're not your friend. They're being nice because they want to get more information out of you don't surrender any information to the police when they pull you over. I don't they actually feel a license, and you registration, just give them that and be quiet, that's the best thing to do. Don't offer any information or even hold a conversation with them. I don't hold conversations with them even when they're nice. Because I know they're trying to be slick.
Under advice of counsel I would like to invoke my 5th amendment right to remain silent and my 4th amendment right to remain secure in my persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizure, and my 1st amendment right to record my interactions with government officials in the course of their duties. I say “state actors”, but I’m a bit of a smartass
I had a police officer attempt to pull me over but kept turning his lights off everytime I stopped so I continued to the highway the third time . Which involved 2 other jurisdictions . If hadn't I would faced , driving without a license, factious plates , no registration or insurance and evasion. Instead Highway patrol stopped his actions and explained I was a dealer transport and the insurance was 6 Million dollar coverage for any driver/vehicle in any state as was the registration. So I didn't need a license with it . Plus having 2 plates on the vehicle was because of a repossession. That officer ended up getting charged with harassment for multiple times of pulling me over in the same area on Fridays.
I’m a law abiding citizen of Florida and the officers here are the worst. I’m constantly harassed, going under speed limit, going over speed limit(by a few mph each time). I paid. Ticket in full and was pulled over a year later to say I hadn’t complied, I was supposed to take a class they didn’t tell me about and it cost me another $186, then I was charged a fine they didn’t tell me about(a $10 reinstatement fee) that turned into another $466 of fines plus the $10. People like Florida because no state income tax, they get the money through tyranny. They finally leave me alone now because I have a good attorney on retainer and a bondsman. Cops suck! If you want to live here, get a good attorney
15:30 he mentions "Do not consent to a search" and "Do not resist arrest." If you do, you'll likely make it worse and they'll arrest you and search your car anyway. He says this is an "Inventory search." Actually it's called a "Search to incident of arrest." They can search the car, after an arrest, even if it's the passenger who got arrested. Anything outside of that would be an "Inventory search", specifically if they tow the car. Reason being is they want to document everything in the car so "YOU" the car owner can't claim you're missing something valuable. It protects the Police and tow operator. An "Inventory search" can also apply when you're involved in an accident. You've been carted off by ambulance and the car is left there at the scene. The police can't just leave it there, so they tow it. But first they do an "Inventory search" and if they find anything illegal, it can be used against you. I'm a retired cop (27 years) and I agree with 98% of this video, except for the time I specified above regarding the search to incident of arrest vs inventory search. You might be wondering why I would agree with this video. 1) I've had my career so I don't care much anymore, 2) it doesn't matter how much you try to educate people about their rights, they still allow the Police to search their car. Most criminals are stupid. If they watched this video today, tomorrow they get pulled over, there's a good chance they'll let the officer search their car if asked. And I'm not kidding either.
I had cop search my truck even thou i said no. She said u have something in car or glove department. I said no, she called backup n K9. Came and did exterior search of my truck. K9 officer signal verbal command to the dog after 2 rounds around my truck. He let dog jump on my truck n scratch it. Came.to me and said the dog let him know i have drugs or gun in truck. 2 cops seached my truck found nothing. And after 1hr i was issued 2 tickets lol no proof of registration which i had and they saw it. And going over solid line. The whole time i was video recording and ask for Sgt. Instead Cpl showed up i said u not sgt lol. And i told them i did 7yrs in Corrections and Im Navy Veteran. I made complaint to internal Affairs that was a joke. Maitland Police dept in Orlando fl
I had a Columbus, Ohio state police officer stop me. I wasn't speeding. He turned on his bright, LED lights, followed me, I was having a hard time seeing the road. I thought, it was some crazy, meaning me harm, since I was a lone woman traveling. I took an exit off the bridge. Then he turned his blue lights on me. He screamed & yelled like a crazy man. Then I had to wait 45 minutes. Another cop, who was a city cop, cambe & wrote me the ticket, for going down a one-way street. It wasn't a one way street but an exit off I-71. It happened around 9 pm, around the 1st week of May of 2018. That statey needs fired. I couldn't get his name, he kept covering up his name, on his uniform with his hand. He had blackish hair & blue eyes. He was an A-hole. I kept asjing why he pulled me over & he kept screaming at me. The more I cried, the more he screamed in my window. I was scared to death!
2:05 AM a roadhouse in the country in a state with a 2AM liquor sales cut off. A Cop is hiding in the bushes waiting for easy DUI pickin's. A really drunk looking guy stumbles out the door, falls down, gets up and stumbles to a car in the parking lot. Before he gets in he unzips his pants and pisses all over his own car. He gets in and drives off nearly missing parked cars. The Cop immediately lights him up and pulls him over. Guy is given a field sobriety test as dozens of Roadhouse patrons drive away. The "drunk" guy aces the test - he has more coordination than Barishnakov, he says the alphabet faster backwards than most people can say it forwards. The Cop is shocked and finally asks the guy "You looked drunk as shit -- what gives?". The guy sweetly responds "Well Officer I'm tonight's designated decoy".
My only point is to remember that the courtroom is the place to plead your case, not the side of the road. Also, be respectful and don't provide officers evidence to charge you with anything. Say I prefer to remain silent, and ask when you are free to go. If your rights are being violated again, the courtroom is where you prove that not the side of the road.
You don't need to be RESPECTFUL. Just be yourself and somewhat polite. RESPECT is earned and I'm pretty damn sure they didn't earn $hit up to the point of them initiating the confrontation. I'll give them the same as that which they afford me.
Then ask, I am free to go Officer? If you are being detained you ask for what charge, if there's no charge then I am free to go?! Alot of times they say yes, your free to go.
@@snarky_userthough you do have the right to invoke right council even during a traffic stop; its not considered a custodial interrogation where the full breadth of miranda rights applies. Note that anytime you are brought to a police station for questioning, or requested to come in, it's a custodial interrogation. It's also important to note that you are only required to have your Miranda rights read when placed under arrest. Though those Miranda rights full apply even when not under arrest, they aren't obligated to tell you until an arrest occurs.
7:55 "If a cop asks, 'Do you mind if I search your car?' you should always answer, 'No.'" Incorrect. A simple no can be interpreted as, "No, I do not mind." The correct answer is, "In point of fact, I do object to a search." This wording cannot be misinterpreted, intentionally or not, as giving consent. There are, of course, variations to this word choice with the same result, but a simple no can easily be taken as consent.
Be careful what words you use. If they ask you, "Do you mind if..." don't say "No" because it implies that you don't mind if they do. Give a complete answer. "I do mind. I do not consent to a search..."
Regarding damage from a search of a vehicle or even a home for that matter, you can now it seems it's been successfully done twice in two different districts, you can now sue the police department and an officer on the takings clause because when they are seizing your property they are temporarily taking it Of this type of lawsuit three attempts have been made one is being appealed the other two were won.
I think you may be right, 15+ years ago I had my truck searched and it cost me several thousand dollars in repairs no possibility of compensation, about four years I had the now 12 year old truck searched again I complained again and I figured I would be told to pound sand again. Nope I got a call a apology and a appointment at a local dealership where my seats and carpet were replaced no charge. That's a mind blowing difference, probably not typical and still would have rather had my vehicle not torn up but drastic improvement. FYI both searches 11 years apart where based on the vehicle being a known drug trafficking vehicle, and yes I bought it at a seizure auction.
Last time I was pulled over, it was for going 73 in 70 and failing to signal 300' before lane changes. I was driving cross country and all of a sudden, I have someone tailgating me. Didn't realize it was a cop. I get over to the right lane and this car remains in my blind spot. after a mile or two in the right lane, I come up on a truck (65 limit for them) so I get back to the left, pass them quickly and get back to the right. Car stayed on my ass/ blind spot the whole time. This repeated another 2-3 times over 5-10 miles and That was when he lit me me. Definitely felt like a dirty trick to me.. All I thought was that I was dealing with a bad driver and was giving them every opportunity to pass me and create more space. Fuck that guy.
What if you have an ostomy pouch and they pat you down? How do you warn them and keep them from hurting you or your appliance? Your pouch IS considered an appliance and prosthetic AND is ATTACHED to your body.
Be polite, roll your window down. Give them your license, reg, insurance. That is it. If they want to press you with questions. Clearly voice you do NOT consent to a search of your person, or car. Use your right to remain silent. Give your lawyer every chance to help you in court where your guilt is decided. Not on the street.
@@johnjames4567, not true. Driving is a privilege & not a right. The LEO must declare a “reasonable, articulable suspicion” IF you ask. You still have 4th & 5th Amendment rights.
DO NOT roll your windows (all the way) DOWN...only crack them enough to reasonably converse and pass documents. The reason is simple: you want to make it harder for the officer to assert that he "smelled" something, be it alcohol on your breath, or weed odors from your vehicle.
@@selfdo wrong ...(a)you NEVER want any other window other than the one in which you are speaking to the officer to be opened...otherwise it creates a draft through the car to which now the cop can say he "smells" something...(b) and it makes easier for a second cop to "drop" contraband" into the vehicle when you are not looking, giving them the excuse of "plain view" of seeing something.....
I would like to see a video on how a handicapped person is to respond during a traffic stop. Physically can't raise hands above your head? Need a cane to walk? Heart condition? Other?
Thanks for this video. For some reason here in NM, cops have no qualified immunity and civil asset forfeiture is illegal. Additionally, they are not allowed to ask you where you are going or coming from, no pretextural stops allowed, and your vehicle is considered an extension of your home so cops assume everyone is armed and don't ask about weapons. And in spite of these new legal conditions, and body cams, the cops still misbehave.
@@BK43546: and what’s your recourse if when you ask for the cops body camera footage they tell you, “Oh sorry, through some computer glitch it got deleted”?
At time stamp 7:50, you said something to the effect of, "If the cop says to you, 'Hey buddy, do you mind if I search your car?'" And you Hampton Law said, "You should always say 'No'." That just gave the cops consent to search. Remember, the cop is asking if the operator minds if the cop searches car. The answer should always be, "Yes I do mind, and no you cannot search without a warrant. You do NOT have my consent."
9:16 I love this part, never feel afraid to stand up for your rights. But you better know them if you are going to refuse. Like dont say I dont have to give you my ID thats not a good start. Declining a search sure
@@diaperjoeisaped1723 wth are you talking about? I state 'words have meaning in law', and you come up with a ridiculous ad hom attack, and I am the one with a low IQ?? Just because you are indoctrinated in the belief of a meaning of a word doesn't mean that's the legal meaning. You should educate yourself on a topic before chiming in on it.
Yes. That is why Terry isn't a problem on its face. . . but the problem is we have a rogue police apparatus that lies in every aspect of their job. Due to this, Terry should be immediately overturned because they have demonstrated they are not to be trusted with such power. This won't happen as long as the 5.5 Catholic fascists (Roberts is only a 0.5 because, while terrible, he's at least not completely unaware that he's not immune from a French revolution event if they keep crossing the line) are on the court seeking to impose a theocracy on the nation.
@@sypherthe297th2 You're some big "talker" with your implied threat of some "French Revolution" and your anti-"Roman Popery" is disgusting. I'm not even Catholic myself (I'm LDS, though only semi-active), but even "Papists" have civil rights and the ability to serve in Government. Likely you're just some pathetic "keyboard warrior", a toothless BLOWHARD.
@@chuck8094 There is not any reasonable suspicion requirement to order a person out of a vehicle in Mimms. The Supreme Court stated that an officer can order the driver out of a vehicle on a traffic stop without any justification needed.
@chuck8094. WRONG. There is absolutely no requirement under MIMS OR WILSON that the officer be able to articulate to the court or anyone else his/her reasoning for ordering you out of the vehicle.
If we live in a society where the people sworn to serve and protect has to use trickery to get us outta the car. We need to beef up the suing aspects of dumb cops.
Here’s a legit question. At 11:35 you bring up the Pennsylvania vs Mimms case. Doesn’t the Mimms case state that the officer has to have some reasonable fear for their safety?? Pulling someone out of their car using that caselaw without their being a threat to their safety would be a violation of their 4th Amendment right??
Vehicle never consent to search. I'll always say no, and if they force themselves to do it again knows a lot. No the rules. How long did you know these things? If they continue with it fine, let them continue. That's a lawsuit on your side. Take them to court GE the information. It always works if you do it right..
Its time for "citizen safety" to be on equal grounds as "officer safety".
It’s been past time for that for a while. Cops have always caused more injuries to the public than cops have had inflicted upon them. What I have seen cops do - and celebrate - in my 22 years as a paramedic make me hate cops. I would rather have random strangers show up to help me than a cop.
How do police officers have more rights than us? We can swear at them and use non fighting words. They get all sorts of immunity
Officer safety is just a CATCH ALL excuse they can use to get away with infringing on our rights.
Traffic law CANNOT be above the constitution anymore.
Yes, when an officer is in error intonation or not then us citizens should have qualified immunity 👍👍
He made a mistake at 7:45. When they ask you if you mind if they search your car for a minute, you should always answer no." Answering no means you don't mind. It's a trick question. The proper answer is "I don't consent to searches."
Exactly this. Don’t answer that question yes or no. Answer “I do not consent to a search.” Anything other than that precise verbiage can be misconstrued.
I am not sure where you went to school, but no means NO!
@Clipspotlight2025Why would I follow you?
@@diaperjoeisaped1723 If the question is “do you mind if I search,” a simple “no” means “no, I don’t mind (you may search).” If you answer yes (meaning I DO mind, you may not search), you will almost certainly be deemed to have consented. The question is deliberately phrased to elicit a response that can be misconstrued. The only correct and unambiguous response to “do you mind if I search” is “I do not consent.”
FYI, I went to law school at University of Tennessee. I’m retired after 29 years experience in criminal defense.
To a reasonable person the answer "Yes" to that question is perfectly clear. It takes a cop to misunderstand on that level. Literally for a cop to make that claim he's saying that he's too stupid to understand basic 4th grade English and has no idea what he's asking on the side of the road. (Which ought to invalidate any RAS or PC he develops because he's too stupid to understand his own questions. Alas, the courts allow the police to have their cake and eat it too.)
I wish we lived in a free country, free to travel without being molested and violated by the government (cops)
We pay for it 🙈
@@LEK-we2hh It is not a voluntary pay. It is more a co-action to pay.
If you live in the USA your "freedom"ended after the patriot act. Citizens United then allowed PACs allowed corporations to buy politicians who make the laws.
You are,it's the CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED RIGHT to move freely within the borders of The United States of America and any state,city without interference from any HIRED PUBLIC CIVIL SERVANT.
@@Theunsilentmajority A piece of paper (constitution) can not protect you against armed thugs working for a legal criminal organization.
They HATE IT when you exercise your rights no matter how polite you are! Good info, lawyer buddy!
You said it
I am a 73-year-old Hispanic man. When I was 17 years old, I drove a 1959 GMC pickup. It was all primer gray. I was at my girlfriend‘s house playing cards with her and her parents. Her father said I will buy if you fly for pizza. So my girlfriend and I jumped in my truck drove down to Thompson Boulevard in Ventura, California to pick up a pizza that we had ordered over the phone. We got about one block from the pizza joint. When the Ventura PD pulled me over at gunpoint. Told us to put our hands on the dash at 17 years old getting a gun pointed at your head is quite frightening. My girlfriend started to shake and was crying. The officer told me to stick my hands out the window, and he was flashing. A light at my hands, told me to show him my hands and arms. Turn your hands over he said, let me see your underside. He said I matched the description of an armed robbery in Santa Barbara, California and the man had tattoos on his hands and arms. I do not have a tattoo on my body even today. He pulled us both out of the truck at gunpoint separated us in different cars. They tore my truck apart, took the seat out, ripped the glove box out took the spare out of the back my jack and whatever else I had they had scattered on the sidewalk. They kept telling me that I was a armed robber. We kept saying we don’t know what you’re talking about. We just left my father-in-law‘s house he’s the chief of the fire department here in Ventura. Call him. They wouldn’t do it. We were there for about 45 minutes to an hour. They threw my pizza on the sidewalk. Finally a white shirt came and said he has no tattoos on his hands or arms let him go, no apologies no nothing. They left all my shit strung out on the sidewalk. My girlfriend and I had to put everything back in the truck including my front seat. We went to the house My girlfriend’s dad asked what took you so long we told him what it happened and my girlfriend was still hysterical and crying. She said I thought we were going to die. They threw Joey on the floor and jumped on top of him my chin and my elbow in my nose were scuffed up and bleeding. My girlfriend‘s father, being the chief of the fire department, called the chief of police and ask, what the hell did they do that, the cop from the beginning new I had no tattoos, but they did it anyway. So we got a formal apology letter, but so what. Cops can kiss my ass from that day forward I’ve hated them. Today I’m a retired firefighter and I can tell you firsthand, the bad things that I’ve seen that they’ve done to people and got away with! They are trash with guns. I tell my children and grandchildren do not talk to them do not make iContact with them and for God sake don’t get involved with them. They will kill you.
Wow...that is absolutely terrible, im sorry you had to go through that, i cant believe all you got was a letter, i would've sued, they need to be stopped with the shitt they get away with
First of all you've got to realize 85% of cops come from alcoholic homes where they had no power whatsoever but now behind the badge they insert their power and God forbid if you don't want to go along with the BS they will throw the book at you....nothing but untreated 'isms
I hate to say it but cops can do or say anything they want. They can handcuff you when detaining you and call it officer safety. Wile putting the cuffs on you. They can say you put up a struggle and arrest you for resisting arrest without a fight. They can also arrest you for impeding an investigation. And then go search your car. Just because I feel you're rude for invoking your constitutional rights. I have seen them lie and reports and that's supposed to be illegal. Prove it.
I had a similar thing happen to me and some friends after they found the Tate Labianca murders and hadn’t figured out what happened yet. We were driving a 1958 Ford wagon and got torn apart and had to put it all back ourselves.
They aren’t all like that, laws are different and you are protected a lot better than before. Most municipalities hire much better quality cops these days. Martin Luther King’s efforts have paid off for everyone, so know your rights and exercise them. Do what this guy says and you will be fine. Sorry you experienced these bullies who got away with their misdeeds.
Again if cops are legally allowed to LIE, how can judges and the public KNOW they aren't lying on the infraction or supposed crime? The FACT they can, will and do lie regularly makes anything they say or write uncredible.
Because this is all made up. This isn’t a video game, where the rules are determined by math and logic. This is law and government. Welcome to being human, it’s been this way for a while.
@@Chris-fn4dfdoesn't mean it has to continue.
@@idareya7250 the question wasn’t “how can this continue”. If you want the answer to that question, ask it. Otherwise, don’t reframe the answer you were given as though it was answering a question you didn’t ask.
@@Chris-fn4df would you like to control my life as well? Why do you think you can give me a directive?
@@idareya7250 lol you can ask whatever you want. If you honestly think that this block of text has any power over you, that’s only because you let it. I’m just letting you know _how language works_ and how to have conversations with people instead of just using them to present your silly mind to the world and then immediately moving the goal posts without any effort at transition. Pretty simple. If you don’t want to communicate effectively, then don’t. I’ll just continue to point out how absolutely silly your mind and its products are.
If you just want to speak colloquially and throw your hands in the air, then I’ll simply regard you as the programmed NPC you present yourself to be, and walk away as you continue to blurt out your pre-programmed responses.
Back in the early 90s I was driving my first new car, and got stopped by a cop for speeding (I was - 11 over). They said they would give me a warning, and asked if it was OK if they did a quick search of my car. I'd purchased it new, and was certain there was nothing illegal inside it, so I said yes. They tore off the door panels, ripped out the back seats, opened the hood and tore apart the air intake. They found nothing after a half hour, and ended the encounter by throwing my air filter down the road as they walked back to their car and left. It was just under $4000 in repairs to fix the damage, and my lawyer told me I had no recourse. I've been stopped 9 times in my life. 4 of them were good stops (I had broken a driving law), the other five were 100% lies, but I never allowed a search again, and you can be certain I learned my rights, and record every second of every cop encounter.
I ALSO HAD A BAD ENCOUNTER WITH COPS ,,,,,,,,,NO FUN AT ALL
I would have sued!
@@NikiLivi5he can’t, he consented to the search and there is no method for compensation for damage done in a vehicle search. our laws are totally dystopian we have no power if a cop decides to fuck around w us in a traffic stop.
They jacked me up just outside Baton Rouge late one night and asked if they could search. Even before I was done saying "no you can't search my car" he put me in cuffs and searched my car for 2 hours and called for 2 different dogs. I was traveling and so had lots of stuff and he piled it haphazardly, on the side of the road and left it there. When he finally said I was free to go and I said thank you, he said, Fuck you". Real servants of the people. This was also in the 90's.
None of them were "good stops" unless you believe that the government can be a victim of your speed with no bodily harm or harm to property. If you believe that, you're a fantastic slave pretending that freedom=slavery=freedom.
I was a U. S. Marine for fifteen years. During that time I was "FAPed" to the station Military Police (Fleet Assist Program, it is temporary duty to provide assistance to a supporting activity.). I served through a lot of crappy positions while I was taught the constitutional rights of citizens and the Federal legal exemptions to those right authorized by the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice). I was actually taught the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th amendments to the constitutions which are the first six (6) parts of the "Bill of Rights."
I was then assigned to Patrol. When I got out of the Marines, I entered the Southern California Peace Officer's School at Riverside Community College. I was hired by the college Police Department. We regularly worked with and did ride alongs with the Riverside County Sheriffs Office. I was on a ride along with the RSO Deputy Fernandez. We observed a Black male enter a Mercedes in the driveway of a home in an expensive area of Riverside
County. He seemed to be having a hard time putting it in gear and finally allowed it to roll down the driveway (the house was higher than the service road so the car could roll backwards while not under power) without starting the car. He then rolled down the hill while not under power until he got to a stop sign.
Deputy Fernandez then initiated a traffic stop for Driving without headlights after sunset. He asked the driver to get out of the car first thing, without even stating that he was a Deputy or advising the reason for the stop. When the driver asked why, Fernandez reached in through the window and grabbed the driver by his hoodie and hair dragging the man out through the window (this is before seat-belts were required). Getting to the point, the car belonged to the driver and he was trying to be quiet because he was going to work at the local surgery center where he was a neural surgeon. The reason he had been quiet starting out was his wife was head nurse, in that same hospital where he worked, in charge of the night shift and had just got to sleep.
The driver was a millionaire and an honored member of the City of Garden Grove. I did not know this when it happened, but I knew what Deputy Fernandez was doing was a violation of the individuals rights so I immediately physically stopped Fernandez. He arrested me for interference, assault on an officer, resisting and about four other minor things that were quickly thrown out. It was not until the Doctor testified at my arraignment that the DA dropped all the remaining charges. I was still trying to get a job with the RSO or Riverside city so I did not sue.
I was fired from the Riverside community College Police Department the next day and never got a job with another department. I finally opened my own security agency and I now have a very comfortable portfolio. But both the Doctor and myself knew from that day forward that there is a disconnect between the policing agencies and the people.
wow.
Thank you for your Service Truly Sir
I am so glad they taught you the law. Thank you for your service.
I am so very sorry that that happened to you, sir. i’ve never been able to regain the trust of the police. I have a cousin in law that retired as a homicide detective. His words to me after our discussion was cops of the dirtiest filthiest minded back stabbing liars on the planet. The kids, their wives and their siblings and parents can’t even trust them.
All POLICE are traitors
When I was a kid was riding with a buddy; stone sober. We saw the cops behind us, 2 in one cruiser. My buddy had it nailed to the speed limit. This went on for miles, them behind us, my bud driving like an absolute saint. Finally we got to a gas station and decided "enough of this, we'll pull in and they'll have to go on their way". Nope. Followed us in, lights come on.
Ordered out of the car and separated. Only thing the cop said to me that I recall was "empty your pockets". As luck would have it I was taking constitutional law classes at the time and I said "I don't have to do that, it's a violation of my rights". He said, "WHAT?" I started to say something about the 4th amendment and some case- can't recall. He cut me off and said "empty your pockets now or you're going to jail." I did and he got to look at my pocket change.
We were two completely innocent kids doing absolutely nothing other than driving down the highway. I never forgot it. I had other incidents with cops pulling me over and demanding access to my trunk, multiple times, but the pocket one and his absolute dismissal of me asserting my rights and the threat of jail sticks out the most.
So yeah, I"m a huge fan of body and dash cams. I know cops don't like them,. But like they are so fond of saying, "WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO HIDE? IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT."
I fear Rogue Government, crooked FBI, prosecutors, judges, cops. If they can do it to Trump, they can do it to you.
They have no training in de-escalation, only in overpowering.
The town I grew up in had trouble with PD staff and starting last year they close at night "because we just can't find any people", which I have rather specific reasons to not believe even a little tiny bit. I did, however, learn a little while ago that they have body cams now, and given that two of them became felons by committing separate crimes against me (10 years apart), I completely understand that they meant "Everyone quit the day the cameras came in because they knew the abuse was over and they'd all go to prison if they put them on"
@@BaronVonQuiply Part of me, a not great part, thinks there's room for thug cops. In our heads we think Harry Callahan, the rogue-but-good-heart guy who takes out the baddies and has no time for "procedure" and "the brass".
The reality is to the extent those people exist IRL they are thugs that should be no where near any sort of power.
They Lie & Use Excuses to harass. But there is a few good Cops out there very very very Few Though!!!
I'm a white female, blond-hair, blue eyes and have been pulled over dozens times by the cops when I was younger, and never once was I asked to search my car, nor did they ever treat me like crap. I even avoided being taken to jail when I was going 103 mph through Oklahoma in my 1995 Z-28 wearing a low-cut tank top, but sadly, I did get the ticket, which later I was able to get reduced to a non-moving violation. That cop was so nice to me! And most of the time when I was stopped, I was given warnings. I think my sad story pretty much speaks for itself in the first 8 words. That also being said, now that I'm getting so much older there's only two other words I want to say and that is ... "Zachary Wester". Those words should send chills down everybody's spine. Never, ever consent to searches of your vehicle.
I had a cop tell me that not consenting to a search was probable cause to search my vehicle. He got fired that night. If a cop asks me to step out of the car I tell him, "I do not consent to a search of my vehicle or person and I again invoke my right to remain silent." Usually, the police respect those requests when they don't have probable cause. If they search without probable cause don't resist. Sue the crap put of them and their department because they've destroyed their sovereign immunity at that point.
I dout he got fired that night 😮
@215FlowerPots He got fired. Apparently there were a lot of complaints and when I threatened to file a civil suit, that was it.
@dangilmore9724 You can't afford a parking ticket, let alone hire a competent attorney.
@@diaperjoeisaped1723 who the F are you and who the F do you think you are with a comment like that? Obviously, you have a small you know what and it shows. 🤣
@diaperjoeisaped1723 too bad your mother couldn't afford an abortion. Oh, wait. 🤣
If a cop asks "Do you mind if I search your car?" then you should never say Yes or NO; you should ALWAYS say "I do NOT consent to any searches or seizures." Keep repeating it as often as necessary to get the cop to stop asking, and make sure his body cam is on.
I would go one step further and state: I'm INVOKING my 4th Amendment Constitutionally Protected Right...
@blkcobra03 invoking your rights explicitly will get you an "oceans" (read: risk to officer safety) designation by the local department, meaning they might fcck with you at every opportunity, and might ask you to step out of the vehicle and at a minimum Terry frisk you.
The last time I was asked why I refused consent to search I responded "I don't let random strangers rummage through my stuff, do you?"
@@animal0mother Ask me if I give a DAMN... You can be a SLAVE all you want. I will just file a CLAIM and get PAID if they ever tried to do something like. Stop being scared of your MASTERS.
I MAKE SURE MY MiuFly Body Cam is on and my FRONT and REAR facing TRAFFIC CAM is ALREADY ON!!!
So cops initiate the confrontation then they complain they’re concerned about the safety. Screw them!
Who's safety ?
EXACTLY! That is why "for their safety" is a SHAM. It has nothing to do with their safety. It's about giving an ORDER and having you OBEY that ORDER. Plain and simple.
DUH ,,,,THE ARMED COPS ARE AFRAID OF GRAND MA ,,,,,,ONE BAD AZZ GRAND MA !!!
I concerned about my safety at my job too. I work in an industrial plant. Let’s search everywhere to make sure there’s nothing that can hurt me… get a new job if you’re scared, got all pumped in the police academy. You’re paid for what you do, voluntarily
@@user-wy1dl2me2p I am safety.
If your rights are up to the subjective interpretation of a set of judges, with the interpretation changing every 50 years, then those aren’t rights…
You’re right, one of the most shameful rulings that the so called Supreme Court has ruled on is Terry V Ohio. Also officer safety is just ridiculous.
The Supreme Loophole legislators
agreed, by that point it's time to utilise the 2nd amendment which americans are constantly crowing about
@@pieterwillembotha6719 yeah, I always thought the second amendment was funny. Its purpose is to “maintain a well regulated militia” to prevent foreign invasion and government tyranny. Unfortunately, if you shoot a law enforcement officer, doesn’t matter if you’re justified or not, your ass is going away for the rest of your life… how can this be a right if we’re punished for using it?
@@callofdutyfreak10123 in the event which you described, who said anything about letting them haul your ass off to the prison mangling machine? Yeah, I know, everyone's a badass on the internet, but when does the tyranny fucking stop? When did voting take away ANY power from the federal government or stop them from infringing on our God-given rights? At some point, there needs to be an accepted risk of being rid of our tyrants, even if it means being gunned-down or being locked-away forever in a rape cage, assuming of course that we're not interested living underneath the iron heel any longer.
EDIT:
I just remembered that _jury nullification_ is a thing
Northbound on the Texas side of the Red River, I was stopped for alleged speeding. First question I asked the cop: was my speed measured by laser or radar? Officer replied “radar”. My next question: was mine the only vehicle moving in the radar beam? Officer had to acknowledge that there were more than just my vehicle in motion in the radar cone. My next question: then, since my car does not have a transponder, how could your radar determine that my vehicle was the one returning the echo?
Officer wrote and handed me a warning only.
It pays to know a few things about technology …
thank you!
I got pulled over after a long day at work. I was driving down a rural road I wasn't familiar with and tired as I was, I drifted over the middle line a little bit. Cop lit me up, and I drove to where I knew it was safe and pulled over at the next gas station. The officer asked me why I took so long to pull over, and I told him that on my way out to the job site, I remembered there being a ditch over on the side of the road around here and I didn't want to put us in it. He then Asked if I minded if he searched my vehicle. I responded "I don't consent to a search." He walked around my car with his flashlight, and when he didn't find anything to prompt him to do a search, he let me go. I'm glad most cops realize that if they search you after you don't consent, even if they find anything and they didn't have a reason to search to begin with, they will not get the conviction.
Excellent video. What some people don’t realize is a lot of officers are more interested in seizing your assets or car so they will be relentless on insisting on a search or looking for any reason.
This definitely isn't an excellent video when it's not true.
@@josephtucker1823 what isn’t true?
As a much younger and dumber man, I got pulled over during my evening commute from work on a country road. I didn’t know why. So I grabbed my registration and proof of insurance, got my driver’s license, got out of my car and trotted back to the police car. I didn’t know how much that freaks them out! I thought I was being helpful and respectful, saving him from getting out and standing in the rain. And he could tell by my walking that I wasn’t drunk. Apparently, if you are in your car, they want you out, and if you are out of your car, they want you in. Officer safety.
Simon says...
Yes, do ad this video advises. Stay in your car with both hands on the steering wheel. Any roadside stop by law enforcement is a potentially deadly encounter these days. Police are not as brave as they used to be in years past.
My grandfather taught me it was respectful to go to back of your car with paperwork also, freaked cop out had gun pulled on me and a lecture.
@painterbw also was told to roll down window and show hands, by a cop, then this got me in trouble as a cop said only criminals do that. Damned if you do, damned if you dont.
Maybe cops should be arresting illegals, terrorists, cartels, but leave law abiding citizens alone. Start in congress.
Police usually enforce scenarios that they're ordered to enforce. Politics determines the extent and targeting of unfair canvassing. Cops turn bad when they have bad bosses.
How will they be paid then?
I agree! Let’s start with the congress members who participated in the illegal scheme to overthrow the lawful 2020 presidential election
voting matters
Amen😂
Everyone learning to drive should be required to learn the Constitution and all their rights.
Nothing will piss a cop off more, then when they're looking for something and you have nothing
Lol sure you have nothing until they find what they planted.😮
_"I feared for my life"_ should apply to non-LEO citizens too as this point
What is a LEO citizen ?
@@RobertPoteet-ro8bm law enforcement officer; as opposed to military law enforcement. Law enforcement officers are technically civilians.
@@pieterwillembotha6719 Which is WHY I strenuously object when CIVILIAN law enforcement personnel, aka "ARMED Government Workers", or AGWs, refer to the citizens they supposedly "protect and serve" as "civilians". (1) As you pointed out, the officers/deputies are ALSO "civilians", and (2) there's that not-so-subtle overtone that law enforcement has become a de facto standing army of OCCUPATION.
you can just call them Z0Gbots@@selfdo
@@selfdo lol they are part of a specific community. People use “civilian” to describe anyone who isn’t involved in a particular venture. You morons can try to police language all you want, the rest of us will go on with life. Enjoy strenuously objecting to the words of other humans, whom you don’t even know lol
I’m sure it’s a great use of your energy.
NEVER talk to the police. Never, never, ever ever ever!
Do not consent to ANYTHING!
Like Uncle Buck movie with late John Candy, zip your mouth shut.
Had a cop say that to me, what do u have to hide? I said lets go to your house and let me search your house? Lol, he got so mad, lol.
"It is not of a matter of having anything to hide or not. It's a matter of privacy, dignity, and respect".
TELL HIM ASK HIS MAMMA
@@tom-c1j2p💀💀
I was stopped once for a bad brake light. Was asked for a search, I refused. He then said he will impound my car and search it anyway, at my cost.
I had an officer pull me over at 3am, wanted to search the car and I said, "respectfully, I do not consent to a search" he said he was going to get a drug dog to check around but id have to wait for the k9 unit. I sat in my car, on the side of the highway, for at least 40 mins before he comes back and hands me a citation for.... I can't remember exactly, but it was bc I had "drifted into the the other lane" or something to that effect... he finally let me go after that.
You are required to step out 'if the cop feels he is in danger', which makes no sense since you are just as dangerous once you are outside the vehicle. Officer safety trumps your constitutional rights is how SCOTUS has set the system up to fail for we he people!
What constitutional right. That document has been stomped on daily and incarnation is their main motivation.
Also, requiring you to get out the car at the beginning of the stop and then ask if you have your license ECT, and "do you mind if the other officer grabs it" when you tell them it's in the car... Essentially giving them permission to be nosy in your car.
@@fosholyfe6115this is why I carry a copy of my insurance in my wallet with my ID so cops don't have this "legitimate" reason to get in my car. I'm also trying to ask a question on here about since they can only search unlocked parts of the vehicle if I get out and leave my keys(including remote fob) in the car since I have the number pad on my door and I can get in with the code wouldn't that then make my car now unsearchable because my car is locked?
Court precedent is their way to write the law and avoid it as they see fit. An add on for good Ole' absolute immunities.
You are required to step out if instructed to do so, then be pat down for officer safety. Thats what he said, additionally if on the side of a busy road with a lot of traffic it would be officer safety to have you step out and to the side to avoid getting hit.
I saw a video where the driver gave consent to search. The cop took out a knife and slit the seats and floor carpet looking for evidence. I agree with "NEVER GIVE CONSENT".
No Sir, The Officer can and will do anything they want. U.S. and State Law be damned.
True, but by denying them your consent you've given your defense attorney ammunition to defend you with and your flesh eating civil trial attorney ammunition to cut them a new asshole.
Wow, I thought American was supposed to be land of the free not any more when tyrant cops will do the best to take your freedom and lock you in jail and you need guns to protect yourself fact is United States has 655 people per hundred thousand people highest of any country in the world too much gun, crime school massacre, shootings, police, shooting, innocent victims, drug crimes and armed robbery
@@johnm.3279 And your butthole will be hurting from all the money you had to pay. But that will work in your favor if police find something illegal, then it's time to suppress.
@@johnm.3279 Although there are cops that are downright moronic and/or stupid, in most cases, they're acting within the UNOFFICIAL Department "policy", i.e, they KNOW what their employer and/or the local courts will allow them to get away with. If they get disciplined and/or fired, it's an EXCUSE to get rid of someone that's run afoul of the chief and/or someone powerful on the force, or to mollify an angered "prominent" member of the community when he or a family member is inadvertently victimized. In so many instances, the cop files a grievance against his demotion or dismissal; he's offered a settlement that removes any derogatory information, and he moves on to another jurisdiction, becoming part of that "legion" of GYPSY COPS.
@@johnm.3279 unfortunately, he’s right. Police officers can’t be personally held liable for their actions. This is completely ass backwards, because I could NOT use the same defense if I were to do something illegal at my job…
"We got a call of a suspicious vehicle in the area that matches your vehicle" Wow! That's shocking how many times my car has been matched a suspicious vehicle this month in my neighborhood. Huh? Lol!
Priorities for ALL police encounters
1. Your safety
2. Damage control
3. Whatever your rights might be...
Let's not forget when the LEO asks you to step out of the car make sure you roll your windows up and lock your car. This keeps the LEO's from illegally entering your car. If they break windows to enter then you have another lawsuit against them.
How do you get back in when the cop leaves?
@@PersonalStash420 with the key
@@georgewagner7787 But then the cops can just search you and get your keys and " look around a little bit inside your car" because they smell pot or something. No need to break anything..
@@PersonalStash420 No the cop can't. This would violate your 4th Amendment right. Illegal search and seizure. Remember, when a LEO is asking that means they can't act out without your permission.
@@GaBoyInKy Getting ones rights violated is common when refusing any request from LEO. But a cop might be hesitant to break a window to perform an illegal search. If I want a lawsuit then I leave them in my pocket; if I want to keep the cop out of my car then I lock them in the car.
dealt with a cop when i was younger claimed he smelled weed in the car and my friends all laughed at him and stated he was a dirty cop... the cop looked puzzled... they then told me to let him search the car so they could prove he was dirty... he asked why they were so sure he was dirty... one of them screwed up and told him why..... I'm allergic to pot... it's a food allergy LMFAO!!! so if he found any.. he planted it.. as none of my friends ever smoked or carried around me.....well i told him to have a lookie.. and funny thing is.. he didn't find anything with 8 kids watching him and laughing... there is more to the story as he also made some false claims to pull me over.. claimed i was speeding even though we saw him long before he ever saw us and everyone was watching my speedometer... i was under the whole time .. the whole story is much funnier and more involved.. but is true they will do anything to get to search you or arrest you...
Hilarious! You got pulled over by Barney Fife!! LMAO!!!
How the courts could possibly rule that consent to a search is consent to destruction of your property is totally beyond me.
They think of us "lower ranking" citizens as slaves
They think we sleaves
It’s because the black robes serve the vatican families and you can bet all the money in the world they don’t give a rat’s tail about us, only how they can make money using us and the prison and jail slave system is one of their biggest moneymakers.
I know right I've seen the cop dog destroy my sisters paint job and interior after she refused a search
No actually. The Supreme Court never ruled that consent is consent to pure destruction on one’s property by itself. “Destruction” is what is follows & is necessary to find evidence in a short legal period of time. When you think about it, the implied context of a uniformed police officer is an evidence hunt. Consent is “go ahead look for evidence”. There are no limits to the hunt except for reasonable time to find evidence. If your merit & promotion was based on this what would you do as a police officer for whom you had a hunch? Hunch after consent. Not before which is illegal. I’m not a lawyer. The simple thing to do is to never consent.
Always Pull over, Roll down your window just enough to be able to hear the officer, when they ask “do you know why i pulled you over” respond accordingly “no officer i do not know why you pulled me over so i will ask am i being detained or am i free to go” if they are “detaining you” you then say “ i will comply with the Traffic stop however i will be invoking my 5th amendment right to remain silent and my 4th amendment right to refuse any illegal searches of my person or vehicle as well as my 6th amendment right to have a lawyer present before any questioning.
ThaNK YOU FOR THE GOOD INFORMATION. A PROBLEM WE HAVE IS FINDING A LAWYER THAT IS NOT COZY WITH THE LOCAL POLICE, JUDGES AND POLITICIANS. We do not trust the system.
Same exact thing happened to me in 1985.
I was driving my lowered 67 Beetle and I let a cop search my car. He disassembled my car. He pulled the firewall out of it, the seats, everything. Then got in his car and said, see ya. Leaving me to put my car back together.
This happened a lot before dashcams. I'm sure it still happens, but if it happened to me I would take pictures of everything and go straight to my attorney.
@crisleroi299 this was the 80's so we didn't even think about cameras or taking pictures. Plus I'm not sure what you would do with stills.
@@Ericas-AdventureIn a late 60s as a high school kid, I destroyed a cop in court for an illicit moving traffic citation.
I was so angry I got a mean lawyer, & then produced LARGE photos [after the fact] & graphics, plus witnesses, to prove what a lying sack-of-shit that ‘officer’ was IN COURT to the judge’s amazement.
That ‘pig’ was off that force within months as other local folks came forward with their own complaints about encounters with that bully, & then the next force he tried to join dumped his ass when his reputation caught up with him.
My lawyer was impressed in how vengeful ‘a kid’ could be… & I’m SURE that cop never forgot me.
I was driving 2 mph below the speed limit out on I-35 and had a Sheriff's deputy tailgate me for 20 minutes. I figured he was looking for any excuse to pull me over so I didn't touch the cruise and speed up, I didn't change lanes, I did nothing except stay in my lane and drive straight and maintain my speed. He followed me to the county line and took the next exit. Apparently obeying the law is pretty suspicious to LEOs too.
You were in HIS county, and obviously he objected...that was all the "suspicion" he "needed".
@@selfdo Yes, because not breaking the law is clearly RAS that you're breaking the law. It's why I say that there is absolutely nothing you can do that the cop can't convert into suspicion if he wants to.
@@Isaac_132
You claim that you completely followed the law and the officer followed you for some distance. When you did not violate the law, he turned around.
That sounds like the officer did exactly the right thing. He looked at you for as long as he wanted and seeing no lawful reason to pull you over, turned around.
Are you implying that the police looking at people while they’re driving, is some kind of constitutional violation?
Let’s see, the police were looking at me to see if I did something wrong and upon not finding anything, left.
@@tvc1848 I love how you’re playing linguistic gymnastics with my words. The deputy followed me for over 20 minutes, 25-ish miles. That’s not just following for a bit and then going on about his business. That shows intent. The deputy was clearly focused on me, the guy obeying the law.
The deputy wasn’t just "following" me; he was following me at an unsafe distance a.k.a. tailgating. It was as though he was trying to pressure me from behind to get me to speed up to create a safe distance between us. Had I sped up I would have violated the speed limit and given him the PC he needed to pull me over. I didn’t speed up.
I-35 is the major north/south highway in Texas and is busy 24/7. We were being passed by plenty of traffic in clear violation of the speed limit yet the deputy wasn’t at all interested in them, he was focused on me, the one guy obeying the law.
The deputy didn’t "just turn around" either. He followed me until we exited the county and he was out of his jurisdiction before turning around. Context is important and you’re making a decision to ignore it.
You also missed the whole point of the comment which was about RAS. The deputy ignored all the other drivers who were speeding, changing lanes without signaling, etc., and instead focused on the one guy obeying the law. The point being that LEOs can twist anything into suspicion even obeying the law.
@@Isaac_132
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Your story got a lot more lengthy and better.
It went from he followed me to a master thesis. Who is now using the linguistic gymnastics?
In the end, no matter what you say, he did not stop you because he saw no violation. If the officer was dishonest, he would have just made up a reason.
@7:46 when a cop askes "do you mind if search your car", its a no-win scenario. If you say "yes", then its an ok to search. Similarly if you say "no", then its an ok to search. I have seen courts (in VA) interpret the result this way. NLA-but the bet is to clearly say "I do not consent to a search".
Invoke your 4th and 5th Amendments, and then don't answer any questions.
That isn’t a no-win situation, that a My Little Pony plot hook. A five year old could spot that.
@@Chris-fn4df It is always a no-win situation. There is nothing to win there, best case is you do not lose nothing in that interaction.
@@nowhereman7413 There is plenty of case law that shows evidence to the contrary.
@@Chris-fn4df what do they win?
All of them lost a lot of time and resources even when they "won" the case.
Did they get some compensation for wasted time and the trauma caused?
Most of them do not get any compensation for suffering abuse and for the time wasted and even if the get some economical compensation I do not think is worth it. That is why I meant that is no possible wining.
And naturally since the the courts the attorneys and the police are all in cahoots when the cop says I had Reasonable Suspicion to pull him over the judge and the prosecutor are going to believe what he says no matter what.
Thanks for the posting the video , people should know the law isn't on their side .
Years and years and years ago I had a problem with little critters setting up house in my '78 Chevy Blazer, we lived in the middle of a forest, and I always left the removable top off the truck in the Summer, and one night I was pulled over for speeding. The cop asked if he could search the truck, and since I was pretty sure I had at least one little animal hiding somewhere in the Blazer I decided to have some fun, and told the cop to go right ahead and search. Then I stepped back and waited. Cop starts searching, and when he gets to the back of the truck where I had a ton of stuff stored he suddenly yells and jumps back a mile - seems I had been right, there was a decent sized Opossum hiding back there, and he was not happy the cop had disturbed him.
Cop tried to say I knew it was back there, but I just laughed at that - even if I had known, how exactly could I have kept the thing from jumping out of the truck whenever it wanted to?
"If you don't have anything to hide, why won't you let me search?"
"Because I have the right to be secure in my person and belongings. You don't have a warrant or even articulable probable cause to suspect me of a crime, otherwise you wouldn't be asking me, so why do YOU want to?"
"Do your bathroom have a door on it? Why, is using the bathroom a crime? So why is there a door?"
@@shoveI What do you have to hide in your toilet?
Don't answer any questions. Especially if you've already exerted the 5th. Say nothing.
Assuming you are actually searching for people who are committing crimes and not just out randomly Harrassing people, you need to quit Harrassing me and go find someone who is committing crimes. That will be a much better use of your time. Buh-bye!
How do I go about trying to revoke officer safety? What about the safety of the citizen? We have given up our safety for the officer's. That doesn't seem to fly in the common sense arena.
When the cop took your info, turned his back, and found nothing...only then was officer safety an issue.
Read Pennsylvania v Mims closely, not just a summary
If officers want to be safe then they shouldn’t be officers in the first place. If they want to be safe they should stay home and do nothing.
We didn't give up our safety for the officer's. The BLACK ROBED TYRANTS made that $hit up. One possible way to revoke is to ask during the stop (preferably towards the beginning) is to ask if he feels threatened and his reply would generally be NO. At this point, barring you not giving him a reason to be so-called in fear for his safety, he legally couldn't order you out of your vehicle stating Terry v Ohio because that was the ONLY reason the BLACK ROBED TYRANTS ruled that way.
@@blkcobra03
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Apparently, you’re one of the people that claims to believe in the Constitution… but only the parts that you agree with.
Find out who (what Politicians) makes the Laws governing the Police. Talk with them. Use the Power of "Recall Elections" those that refuses to represent "The People", as in "We the People"!
I was stopped by Santa Monica's finest many years ago during a wolfpack style dragnet on Main Street near where I lived at the time. I was driving my Barely Legal race car - A lowered Honda Civic I used as my daily driver. It was OBVIOUSLY a race car. It had no interior, a Kevlar racing seat, a 5 point harness, and a shift light - all of which were in plain view, but perfectly legal.
Cop who pulled me over had a "hunch" I had made illegal modifications to my engine, but my engine was concealed under a beautiful light-wieght carbon fiber hood, so he couldn't SEE anything illegal. Understand that in California, any illegal modifications to CARB certified emissions equipment are punishable by a $10,000 fine. For EACH modification!
Now I'm not saying there was anything non-CARB certified attached to my engine, and I'm not saying there wasn't a TON of ILLEGAL PERFORMACE ENHANCING MODIFICATIONS to that car's engine. All that is between me and the gods of SPEED.
Anyway, the cop told me to "Step out of the car and open the hood".
So I rolled up the windows, stepped outta the car, and locked it. Again he ordered me to "open the hood" to which I replied "No - you do not have permission to search my vehicle officer" politely but firmly.
"WHY NOT?"
"...because I'm a very private person. You DO NOT have my permission to search my vehicle"
...what followed was a predictable series of demands and threats about impounding my car and getting a search warrant followed by me saying:
"Do whatever you have to do, but you DO NOT have permission to search my car"
Long story short, he cited me for "Failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk (false charge #1) and "Illegal Muffler" (False charge #2) I drove off with my race-car, fought both tickets, and WON.
The secret is to know your rights and responsibilites, the limits of the cop's authority, and the games they like to play to get you to consent to waiving your rights. It's like playing poker. They will lie and bluff and try to intimidate you because they are allowed to by law.
Don't take it personally.
Don't get angry.
Remain calm and polite, assert your rights, and then STFU. If they want to impound your car, they will impound your car, search or no search. If they want to arrest you, they will arrest you, regardless of your guilt or innocence. Your best bet is remain as silent as possible. You are not required to assist them in thier attempts to incriminate you. If you can't keep your mouth shut, change the subject. If they ask you if you have any drugs, say "Do YOU have any drugs?" If they say "How many drinks have you had tonight" say "How many have you had tonight?"
See what I'm doing there? Answer their question with their question. Nothing illegal about having a 3rd grade playground conversation with them. Might make them mad though, and it's unwise to deliberately piss off professional thugs with big guns, small penises, handcuffs, stun guns, and interrogation rooms and rapey jai lcells they can confine you in after they beat your ass senseless.
So answer their question with your own innocuous small-talk question if you feel chatty. Change the subject like you're suffering from demetia. Better yet, evangilze 'em if they keep asking incriminating questions:
"You seem like a good person. Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal lord and savior?"
If they say, "As a matter of I have, asshole...", ask them to kneel down and pray with you on the spot for world peace and an end to homosexual marraige. If they say "No! TELL ME HOW MANY BEERS YOU DRANK AT THE TITTY BAR TONIGHT!!!!" start educating them about Joseph Smith and the book of Mormon. This works with any subject really. Teach them about the early 20th century sufferage movement. Dinosuars, Stamp Collecting. Differential Calculus. Your favorite TikToc make-up artist.
They'll let you go soon enough.
What if they tell you it's just Routine check to stop you, I've Hurd that countless times in Virginia,,,what's routine check ?
I would NOT let a LEO to search my vehicle… and this is why.. I should add, I’m former LEO… My brother had his vehicle searched by consenting, he had a few very expensive items missing after the search.. the sad thing is, I know the officer that did the search, and I feel the hunting items were taken by him, he is a big hunter and eventually moved to become a game warden..
Well, you can never CONSENT to having your vehicle searched, but that doesn't mean you absolutely can PREVENT that search. It just means your "consent" didn't "cure all".
Get four friends and search his house.
@@ZekeRivers and put child porn on his computer,...
Recently i was pulled over for no tag light. The cop asked me if i had all my old fines paid. I said yes. He asked me again two more times after returning to his car each time. The third time he returned he wanted to know who i was talking to(i was on my phone). I told him my lil brother. He said get off the phone now. I said why? He said can i search your pickup? I said for what? He said i told you to get off your phone. I said, can you really make me get off the phone because im supposed to be able to legally record this kinda stuff aren't i. He said get out of the truck. I said ,why man whats goin on? He snatched my door open and said, because you are going to jail for disorderly conduct. Cuffed me and stuck me in the back of his police car and for an hour i sat there looking at my tag light shining because my truck was still running while the cops mingled around and played with the drug dog or whatever and found nothing. I dont even think any cop searched me, patted me down, or anything. I had my little Yorkie dog with me in the truck and he was traumatized when i found him the next day at an animal rescue house as soon as i got out of jail. I then had to find my pickup which was towed to another town and cost almost $300 to get it back. I went to jail for disorderly conduct, no tag light, and no proof liability insurance. After bonding out of jail, paying to get my truck back, and updating insurance i was out of just over $900 and spent a night and the next day all day incarsarated. I cant afford a lawyer and will probably get stuck with another$1300 - $1500 worth of tickets after court because of a tag light. At the preliminary hearing no tickets got dropped and having insurance didnt help because im going to trial next month to be prosecuted for all three tickets, to the fullest. Cops think nothing about an already struggling to pay bills person that makes them money from tickets they write even if they have to lie for it. Cops think nothing about what goes throu someones mind after sitting in jail a couple days for no reason at all. Cops think nothing at all about why and how their lives truly are in danger after years and years of the same bullshit done to someone that is tired. Very tired.
Always remember
It's about revenue enforcement
Never law enforcement
They are the blue Mafia/ extortion poLICE
This is because the purpose of law and police isn't protecting the citizenry, but reinforcing power dynamics. Imagine if you'd been rich? These fines would have been nothing to you. The basis of modern power is monopoly on violence and administration of property(which relies on the former to function). Police serve a suppressive function against those who try to acquire any power outside of accepted frameworks. This can be anything from criminal income to simply being part of an outgroup but not 'knowing your place'. A society full of a plethora of fees and money-draining schemes favors those who can tank the loss and still have money left over to lobby for their favorite policies, while everyone else has to meekly accept the order they create or else risk life and livelihood dealing with their enforcers.
We definitely need law enforcement reform. It is very adversarial against law biding citizens and turn minor infractions into deadly encounters.
Sadly, too fewpeople actually act to get some justice.
UPDATE:
at court today again on the fake charges, false imprisonment, and illegal seizure of private property is what its supposed to be, but instead its improper equipment, disorderly conduct, and no insurance, the judge give me 30 days incarceration for contempt of court. i said , i was here last court date, 4 weeks ago. he suspended it but a contempt of court on record for me and i was there
Imagine what a wonderful country we would have is the cops weren’t corrupt, imagine if they had integrity and were honest.
The Founders weren't stupid or simply a gaggle of "Old WHITE MEN". There were a lot LESS police around in their time, but they understood the dangers of a "Police State". Just what the British had some in recent colonial times, which, with respect to THESE DAYS, was MILD indeed, was enough to inspire them to craft the Bill of Rights.
Unfortunately it mostly comes down to money. There is no money for the state in Integrity and honesty.
when i was young, cops didn't dress and look like stormtroopers. the days of the friendly neighborhood cop is long gone,
Have you been to India, or Mexico or the Congo? The cops are the last people you call when you need help or a crime has been committed.
Our police are really little different from those in any other banana republic.
When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
I drove away from an establishment that served alcohol and was pulled over. When I asked the officer why he pulled me over, he said "you were weaving within your lane". Never mind that I didn't cross the line. I was "weaving within my lane".
At the bar, I deliberately started drinking club soda before I was going to leave the establishment. This saved me because I took a breathalyzer and was below the legal limit.
The cop then asked me if I was going to walk home or take a cab. I told him I was within the legal limit so I was going to drive home. He said "Neither one of us would feel good if you ran into someone on the way home." So I took a cab a few miles and the cab driver told me he would take me back to my vehicle since the cop would most probably be gone. So he drove me back and I drove home.
I was pulled over for the use of off-road lights. During the stop, I gave no consent for a search. The officer was a canine unit (my luck). The cop let his goddamn German Shepherd stand up on his hind legs while he sniffed allowing his front paws to scratch my black paint on every single part of the car, except the hood. This was especially noticeable by the driver door because the window was down. Totally demolished the outside of my car beyond what a cut and polish could fix. I was paid no restitution. Thx California
Don’t you dare blame the state of California! It’s the United States Supreme Court that allowed police officers to do as they please. The activist, Lawless, United States Supreme Court with their conservative majority.
"Officer since we both have nothing to hide if you give me consent to search your house I will consent to you searching my car"
Technically you just said, that you'd consent to him searching your car.
SAY GO SCREW YOUSELF
OK, I search your car first and if you are still free, I might let you search my house but I doubt it. We are allowed to lie you know.
Sarcasm = a gorm of humor expressing a complete inability to do anything positive in a situation..be polite and cover all the points above...and that disarms you from showing defeat or complying with anything illegal. They have a service now where you can call an attorney pool when engaged by law enforcement.
Dumb response. They will plant something on you.
And the police wonder why people call them pigs.
They don’t wonder. They know and don’t care.
@@chrisatkins7959Why should they give a shit what you call them? Like, you're important?
@@kevinscott3315 well it seems I have over the years listened to a lot of cops complaining about being called pigs.
@@kevinscott3315 We were not talking about me. Why do you take it personal?
@@pmsteamrailroading It's SWINE that should be resentful.
if he says he is going to get a drug dog how about tell him to call internal affairs while he is detaining you longer than necessary so you will be filing a law suit against the department.
Was once pulled over in my gf's car for expired registration. They asked to search the car and I refused. They asked why and said I looked nervous, and claimed they smelled weed and were going to get a K9 unit there. I said it is normal for anyone to be nervous in a stop. You can't search my car, but if you want to waste your time with the K9, be my guest. I remained calm for about 30 minutes while they had me standing against the car in the hottest part of Houstons summer, also refused to let me get on my phone to try and call anyone (as they knew it was a bogus stop), and then finally they said I was free to go. I was far from my apartment and was just going to my gf's brothers house because she left her purse there which was only a half block from where they pulled me over. When I initially passed them they were working on another stop and I waved at them, as I was trying to be friendly. Next thing I know I'm being pulled over and they said because I was from so far away on the other side of Houston, they suspected me of being a drug dealer essentially. What nonsense. Oh, and one cop came to the passenger side, so they tried to claim that the breeze from both sides windows being open was how they smelled Marijuana. Which was comical because I don't smoke anything, let alone ever in my gf's car. So pro tip, don't open the passenger side window.
Anyways, once I left they followed me the half block to see me get the purse which I told them about. As I was walking back to the car I saw they had turned around to watch and possibly pursue me again, so I held it up with my middle finger sticking out. They followed me for a few more blocks just to be extra massive pricks, and then finally broke off. Anyways, yeah, NEVER consent to anything. They will try anything and everything to try and find some sort of punishable offense...
Yeah and why do they have to be such pricks *excuse me* when pulling you over! It's like automatic guilty! For whatever !!
A few years back in Fort Worth I was asked if they could search my vehicle. I didnt know I should say no at the time. I let them. They tore my car apart for 30 minutes found nothing and then let me go saying "Have a nice day". They spent 30 minutes desperately trying to send me to jail and ruin my life while I was on the way to pick up my daughters. Then they said "Have a nice day". Wow.
Once they started to tear your car apart, why didn’t you say to stop and withdraw your consent?
I was ignorant about my rights at the time. I dont consent to searches now that I know better. @@tvc1848
They told me "Fuck you" when they were done searching my car.
wow @@PersonalStash420
I've been asked to step out of my vehicle twice in my driving history and both times I locked my vehicle after exiting. Police asked why I locked the vehicle and I answered because they asked me to exit. Never any issues.
I would have said "because I always lock my vehicle when I get out of it" or "I always lock my vehicle around suspicious characters."
Basically I've just learned that cops can basically do ANYTHING they want, regardless of specific laws. It's all about control and inconveniencing the Public. The other thing is that most times the body has a natural defense mechanism causing the body to become somewhat tense, which is then wrongfully interpreted as resisting and the cops us this harmless reaction to beef up their unnecessary detainment. There needs to be more emphasis on being civil to other human beings until they feel threatened.
Just my 2 cents!
There's a wee "problem"...EVERYONE has a REASON to fear the cops, it's just not the SAME reason. The "criminal" has the OBVIOUS reason, either there's a warrant out for his arrest, and he's about to get "pinched", or there's something on him or about him that would tend to incriminate, with the same concern that he's "going in." The LAW-ABIDING has ever the MORE to fear...because (a) he's probably not as familiar with what the cops can and will do as the criminal for whom an arrest wont be his "first rodeo", (b) he's no idea of WHY the cops are interested in him, and (c) he's got a mistaken notion that either the cops will see that he's a "good guy", and MUST let him go, or that he can talk his way out of such a predicament.
If you're a criminal and arrested, you need a lawyer. If you're not a criminal, and have good reason to believe you haven't committed any crime, but are arrested anyway, you REALLY need a lawyer!
Once again, you must record any encounters with the police period! Cops don’t like being called Nazi’s. I let a cop have it a number of years ago when my brother was pulled over, he asked me for my ID. I said did we just travel through a time warp, are we now in Nazi Germany papers please. I shut him up real quick, he knew I know my rights.
I had a neighb 10:00 or (friend), that became a cop, he told me that i does not matter if you break a law or do anything wrong, that they've created so many laws that they can pull anybody over and arrest them if they want.
On another note: i had a cop pull me over once, i did nothing wrong, him and his partner was bored, after he checked all my papers, he wrote me a ticket for detaining an official, he said i was keeping him from his duties - so when it comes to cops, i have no sympathy.
Great example of why one should have an attorney. Most people don’t seem to even be able to follow basic grammar: if you are asked whether or not you mind being searched and you answer “no”, you’re saying that you do not mind; therefore you have given consent. Careful and God bless!
Officer safety is not as important as Citizen safety. And FAR too many cops are violent when there is no reason to be.
Agreed, but they are trained from the animal/reptile brain to think every situation is a threat to thier lives which is not true. This causes division and a service to self mindest which cannot truly bear fruit. Cops are a cult of violence who look at everyone else as a threat, instead of understanding we are in the struggle of life together, so there is no need for unnecessary violence, entrapment, or extortion because it does not serve or benefit the public, only creates more suffering and enslavement.
Definitely, they are the ones that are armed and use intimidation tactics to harass you
Established you have to also bear in mind. Most police houses act like your friend, they're not your friend. They're being nice because they want to get more information out of you don't surrender any information to the police when they pull you over. I don't they actually feel a license, and you registration, just give them that and be quiet, that's the best thing to do. Don't offer any information or even hold a conversation with them. I don't hold conversations with them even when they're nice. Because I know they're trying to be slick.
Under advice of counsel I would like to invoke my 5th amendment right to remain silent and my 4th amendment right to remain secure in my persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizure, and my 1st amendment right to record my interactions with government officials in the course of their duties. I say “state actors”, but I’m a bit of a smartass
What is a "police house"?
And how do you "feel a license"?
Cops drink beer with you where I live that’s why I’m staying where I’m at. I couldn’t imagine living in a shithole like California or New York
@@JohnSmith-bw9wu facts me Either..
I had a police officer attempt to pull me over but kept turning his lights off everytime I stopped so I continued to the highway the third time . Which involved 2 other jurisdictions . If hadn't I would faced , driving without a license, factious plates , no registration or insurance and evasion. Instead Highway patrol stopped his actions and explained I was a dealer transport and the insurance was 6 Million dollar coverage for any driver/vehicle in any state as was the registration. So I didn't need a license with it . Plus having 2 plates on the vehicle was because of a repossession. That officer ended up getting charged with harassment for multiple times of pulling me over in the same area on Fridays.
I’m a law abiding citizen of Florida and the officers here are the worst. I’m constantly harassed, going under speed limit, going over speed limit(by a few mph each time). I paid. Ticket in full and was pulled over a year later to say I hadn’t complied, I was supposed to take a class they didn’t tell me about and it cost me another $186, then I was charged a fine they didn’t tell me about(a $10 reinstatement fee) that turned into another $466 of fines plus the $10. People like Florida because no state income tax, they get the money through tyranny. They finally leave me alone now because I have a good attorney on retainer and a bondsman. Cops suck! If you want to live here, get a good attorney
Every cop can smell even imaginary imarajuana in your car giving them probable cause.
Or call a K9 to alert intentionally
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If they smell marijuana it's coming from them.
15:30 he mentions "Do not consent to a search" and "Do not resist arrest." If you do, you'll likely make it worse and they'll arrest you and search your car anyway. He says this is an "Inventory search." Actually it's called a "Search to incident of arrest." They can search the car, after an arrest, even if it's the passenger who got arrested. Anything outside of that would be an "Inventory search", specifically if they tow the car. Reason being is they want to document everything in the car so "YOU" the car owner can't claim you're missing something valuable. It protects the Police and tow operator. An "Inventory search" can also apply when you're involved in an accident. You've been carted off by ambulance and the car is left there at the scene. The police can't just leave it there, so they tow it. But first they do an "Inventory search" and if they find anything illegal, it can be used against you. I'm a retired cop (27 years) and I agree with 98% of this video, except for the time I specified above regarding the search to incident of arrest vs inventory search. You might be wondering why I would agree with this video. 1) I've had my career so I don't care much anymore, 2) it doesn't matter how much you try to educate people about their rights, they still allow the Police to search their car. Most criminals are stupid. If they watched this video today, tomorrow they get pulled over, there's a good chance they'll let the officer search their car if asked. And I'm not kidding either.
Consent to search can be revoked at any time. The constable must comply.
I had cop search my truck even thou i said no. She said u have something in car or glove department. I said no, she called backup n K9. Came and did exterior search of my truck. K9 officer signal verbal command to the dog after 2 rounds around my truck. He let dog jump on my truck n scratch it. Came.to me and said the dog let him know i have drugs or gun in truck. 2 cops seached my truck found nothing. And after 1hr i was issued 2 tickets lol no proof of registration which i had and they saw it. And going over solid line. The whole time i was video recording and ask for Sgt. Instead Cpl showed up i said u not sgt lol. And i told them i did 7yrs in Corrections and Im Navy Veteran. I made complaint to internal Affairs that was a joke.
Maitland Police dept in Orlando fl
I had a Columbus, Ohio state police officer stop me. I wasn't speeding. He turned on his bright, LED lights, followed me, I was having a hard time seeing the road. I thought, it was some crazy, meaning me harm, since I was a lone woman traveling. I took an exit off the bridge. Then he turned his blue lights on me. He screamed & yelled like a crazy man. Then I had to wait 45 minutes. Another cop, who was a city cop, cambe & wrote me the ticket, for going down a one-way street. It wasn't a one way street but an exit off I-71. It happened around 9 pm, around the 1st week of May of 2018. That statey needs fired. I couldn't get his name, he kept covering up his name, on his uniform with his hand. He had blackish hair & blue eyes. He was an A-hole. I kept asjing why he pulled me over & he kept screaming at me. The more I cried, the more he screamed in my window. I was scared to death!
2:05 AM a roadhouse in the country in a state with a 2AM liquor sales cut off. A Cop is hiding in the bushes waiting for easy DUI pickin's. A really drunk looking guy stumbles out the door, falls down, gets up and stumbles to a car in the parking lot. Before he gets in he unzips his pants and pisses all over his own car. He gets in and drives off nearly missing parked cars. The Cop immediately lights him up and pulls him over. Guy is given a field sobriety test as dozens of Roadhouse patrons drive away. The "drunk" guy aces the test - he has more coordination than Barishnakov, he says the alphabet faster backwards than most people can say it forwards. The Cop is shocked and finally asks the guy "You looked drunk as shit -- what gives?". The guy sweetly responds "Well Officer I'm tonight's designated decoy".
They ask for license and registration. They don't ask for insurance anymore. It's in the motor vehicle system which they have access to now.
All of it should be in the system especially since the DL/registration is through State Agency's.
My only point is to remember that the courtroom is the place to plead your case, not the side of the road. Also, be respectful and don't provide officers evidence to charge you with anything. Say I prefer to remain silent, and ask when you are free to go. If your rights are being violated again, the courtroom is where you prove that not the side of the road.
You don't need to be RESPECTFUL. Just be yourself and somewhat polite. RESPECT is earned and I'm pretty damn sure they didn't earn $hit up to the point of them initiating the confrontation. I'll give them the same as that which they afford me.
What if they say: "No, you're not being detained"; Then, give the command to exit the vehicle. Isn't that in itself direct evidence of detainment?
Then ask, I am free to go Officer?
If you are being detained you ask for what charge, if there's no charge then I am free to go?! Alot of times they say yes, your free to go.
A lot of times cops ask you to get out of the car or to pat you down hoping you’ll resist so the cop can arrest you.
I think it's also important to tell the cop that that you demand to have an attorney present during questioning.
The only problem with this is most average people can't afford an attorney.
@@ourtexasfamilyvideos62 doesn't matter, he should stop asking you questions after you say that.
Except I can't think of a single state where they're going to allow you to call a lawyer and have one present on the side of the road.
@@snarky_user You know that isn't how it works.
@@snarky_userthough you do have the right to invoke right council even during a traffic stop; its not considered a custodial interrogation where the full breadth of miranda rights applies.
Note that anytime you are brought to a police station for questioning, or requested to come in, it's a custodial interrogation. It's also important to note that you are only required to have your Miranda rights read when placed under arrest. Though those Miranda rights full apply even when not under arrest, they aren't obligated to tell you until an arrest occurs.
7:55 "If a cop asks, 'Do you mind if I search your car?' you should always answer, 'No.'"
Incorrect. A simple no can be interpreted as, "No, I do not mind."
The correct answer is, "In point of fact, I do object to a search." This wording cannot be misinterpreted, intentionally or not, as giving consent. There are, of course, variations to this word choice with the same result, but a simple no can easily be taken as consent.
Exactly! Just say "I don't consent to searches"
They will definitely consider that "no" as if saying no, you don't mind
Be careful what words you use. If they ask you, "Do you mind if..." don't say "No" because it implies that you don't mind if they do. Give a complete answer. "I do mind. I do not consent to a search..."
Do they ask "illegal aliens" for ID and insurance... NO!
Regarding damage from a search of a vehicle or even a home for that matter, you can now it seems it's been successfully done twice in two different districts, you can now sue the police department and an officer on the takings clause because when they are seizing your property they are temporarily taking it
Of this type of lawsuit three attempts have been made one is being appealed the other two were won.
I think you may be right, 15+ years ago I had my truck searched and it cost me several thousand dollars in repairs no possibility of compensation, about four years I had the now 12 year old truck searched again I complained again and I figured I would be told to pound sand again. Nope I got a call a apology and a appointment at a local dealership where my seats and carpet were replaced no charge. That's a mind blowing difference, probably not typical and still would have rather had my vehicle not torn up but drastic improvement. FYI both searches 11 years apart where based on the vehicle being a known drug trafficking vehicle, and yes I bought it at a seizure auction.
I got pulled over by a cop while I was paddling my bike. I when to court and the judge got really mad at the cop for waisting the courts time.
How do you "PADDLE" a bike, that's gotta be a crime! 😱🤪🤣👍👍🇺🇸
The bike must have been naughty and needed a bit of paddling.@@TinyHouseHomestead
@@TinyHouseHomestead: maybe he meant ”peddling”. lol
@@henryc1000 he was selling it?......maybe he meant ”pedaling”
@@johnjames4567ROFL
Last time I was pulled over, it was for going 73 in 70 and failing to signal 300' before lane changes. I was driving cross country and all of a sudden, I have someone tailgating me. Didn't realize it was a cop. I get over to the right lane and this car remains in my blind spot. after a mile or two in the right lane, I come up on a truck (65 limit for them) so I get back to the left, pass them quickly and get back to the right. Car stayed on my ass/ blind spot the whole time. This repeated another 2-3 times over 5-10 miles and That was when he lit me me. Definitely felt like a dirty trick to me.. All I thought was that I was dealing with a bad driver and was giving them every opportunity to pass me and create more space. Fuck that guy.
Should have locked up the brakes, then fake whiplash. Could have sued the sob.
They always smell weed because they just finished a joint
Retired sheriff in my county got stopped and arrest for stink and possion.🤣😂🤣it went away🤬
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If ur dumb enuff to use it n drive, u get what u deserve
What if you have an ostomy pouch and they pat you down? How do you warn them and keep them from hurting you or your appliance? Your pouch IS considered an appliance and prosthetic AND is ATTACHED to your body.
Cop: "Do you mind if I search the car?"
Anyone: "Do you have a warrant to search the vehicle? If not, then I do not permit the search."
Be polite, roll your window down. Give them your license, reg, insurance. That is it. If they want to press you with questions. Clearly voice you do NOT consent to a search of your person, or car. Use your right to remain silent. Give your lawyer every chance to help you in court where your guilt is decided. Not on the street.
"Give them your license, reg, insurance"....you do realize that doing so means that you are waiving your 4th and 5th Amendment rights....
@@johnjames4567, not true. Driving is a privilege & not a right. The LEO must declare a “reasonable, articulable suspicion” IF you ask. You still have 4th & 5th Amendment rights.
@@sabio2009 seems you have a reading comprehension problem....
DO NOT roll your windows (all the way) DOWN...only crack them enough to reasonably converse and pass documents. The reason is simple: you want to make it harder for the officer to assert that he "smelled" something, be it alcohol on your breath, or weed odors from your vehicle.
@@selfdo wrong ...(a)you NEVER want any other window other than the one in which you are speaking to the officer to be opened...otherwise it creates a draft through the car to which now the cop can say he "smells" something...(b) and it makes easier for a second cop to "drop" contraband" into the vehicle when you are not looking, giving them the excuse of "plain view" of seeing something.....
The go-to Prob Cause for a stop in my opinion, is 'you swerved' or 'you hit the white line' is the first place the cops go. Try and disprove that.
That is why everyone should have dash cameras recording the front and rear of the vehicle, at the minimum.
I also got pulled over for that to i do not do that but my person in the back seat went to jail for child support
That wrong too
Bur now they bring in imergrants that we don't even know go figure
N how about them breaking a back light to follow whoever is doing drugs but the government let's them in etc etc
I would like to see a video on how a handicapped person is to respond during a traffic stop. Physically can't raise hands above your head? Need a cane to walk? Heart condition? Other?
What I find disgusting is for officers to tell someone to sit on the ground, as if they are animals and suppose to heal at the officer's command.
They want to out of the car so your dashcam cant record them lying....
Thanks for this video. For some reason here in NM, cops have no qualified immunity and civil asset forfeiture is illegal. Additionally, they are not allowed to ask you where you are going or coming from, no pretextural stops allowed, and your vehicle is considered an extension of your home so cops assume everyone is armed and don't ask about weapons. And in spite of these new legal conditions, and body cams, the cops still misbehave.
It seems like saying no just causes them to start saying "I smell weed" to generate faux probable cause.
Always record every police interaction for your own safety
They are recording too, so dumb move
@@BK43546the classic uninformed comment right here. Good grief.
@@BK43546: and what’s your recourse if when you ask for the cops body camera footage they tell you, “Oh sorry, through some computer glitch it got deleted”?
@@bodystomp5302 No, I am a cop. Not uninformed.
@@henryc1000 Individual cops can’t control what is deleted. Agencies would be held to account if that happened. And name a case where that happened….
At time stamp 7:50, you said something to the effect of, "If the cop says to you, 'Hey buddy, do you mind if I search your car?'" And you Hampton Law said, "You should always say 'No'." That just gave the cops consent to search. Remember, the cop is asking if the operator minds if the cop searches car. The answer should always be, "Yes I do mind, and no you cannot search without a warrant. You do NOT have my consent."
9:16 I love this part, never feel afraid to stand up for your rights. But you better know them if you are going to refuse. Like dont say I dont have to give you my ID thats not a good start. Declining a search sure
You failed to mention that in some states people have a duty to protect themselves against an illegal arrest.
Thats because you don’t 😂
You are looking to get shot or sit down for a long time. You cannot resist an arrest.
I thought that but this was in my home for them to protect me from a sociopath but I sad the rest n not just me my room mate also
If we didn't drive cars the police would have about 75% less to harass us about.
lol we don't all 'drive' cars.. most of society is traveling .. words have meaning in law...
@swmplvr lol. And what do you do, aim your vehicle? I.Q. matters. Sorry you didn't get one.
And you should use ", not '. DUH!
Then don't be an azz when driving. DUH!
@@diaperjoeisaped1723 wth are you talking about? I state 'words have meaning in law', and you come up with a ridiculous ad hom attack, and I am the one with a low IQ?? Just because you are indoctrinated in the belief of a meaning of a word doesn't mean that's the legal meaning. You should educate yourself on a topic before chiming in on it.
@@diaperjoeisaped1723 What is the LEGAL definition of the LEGAL term "drive" and its LEGAL elements?..... words have meaning in law...
You completely glossed over the fact that for a terry frisk, the cops need to have RAS that you are armed AND dangerous.
Same for Pennsylvania V Mimms.
Yes. That is why Terry isn't a problem on its face. . . but the problem is we have a rogue police apparatus that lies in every aspect of their job. Due to this, Terry should be immediately overturned because they have demonstrated they are not to be trusted with such power. This won't happen as long as the 5.5 Catholic fascists (Roberts is only a 0.5 because, while terrible, he's at least not completely unaware that he's not immune from a French revolution event if they keep crossing the line) are on the court seeking to impose a theocracy on the nation.
@@sypherthe297th2 You're some big "talker" with your implied threat of some "French Revolution" and your anti-"Roman Popery" is disgusting. I'm not even Catholic myself (I'm LDS, though only semi-active), but even "Papists" have civil rights and the ability to serve in Government. Likely you're just some pathetic "keyboard warrior", a toothless BLOWHARD.
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There is not any reasonable suspicion requirement to order a person out of a vehicle in Mimms.
The Supreme Court stated that an officer can order the driver out of a vehicle on a traffic stop without any justification needed.
@chuck8094. WRONG. There is absolutely no requirement under MIMS OR WILSON that the officer be able to articulate to the court or anyone else his/her reasoning for ordering you out of the vehicle.
If we live in a society where the people sworn to serve and protect has to use trickery to get us outta the car. We need to beef up the suing aspects of dumb cops.
Here’s a legit question. At 11:35 you bring up the Pennsylvania vs Mimms case. Doesn’t the Mimms case state that the officer has to have some reasonable fear for their safety?? Pulling someone out of their car using that caselaw without their being a threat to their safety would be a violation of their 4th Amendment right??
Vehicle never consent to search. I'll always say no, and if they force themselves to do it again knows a lot. No the rules. How long did you know these things? If they continue with it fine, let them continue. That's a lawsuit on your side. Take them to court GE the information. It always works if you do it right..
Terry stops say armed and dangerous, not just armed.
Look at a picture of Mr. Terry. Cops at that time could consider those of his *ahem* "complexion" INHERENTLY dangerous and get away with it.