@@TheSoulKeeper my dad had bought a 2004 Ford Ranger right before he died. I drive that lil truck ever once in a while when I’m thinking bout ol pop. It’s got the hand cranks. Truck only has 2,800 miles on her . I call her FIONA lol Fiona Ford. Only damn Ford product on the farm lol . One thing pop n I never seen eye to eye on. CUMMINS works way better out here on the farm than any others
You failed to explain that in the Mimms decision, the judge ruled that there must be RAS that the driver is a safety risk to remove him from his car. It is the same legal standard that applies for a cop to demand ID. You really dropped the ball on this one.
If an officer claims to smell marijuana and none is found they should be held accountable, this should be recorded so that we know exactly how many times they have claimed to smell marijuana and none has been found.
That's very difficult to prove that he didn't smell it. Marijuana is very potent these days, so who's to say he didn't smell it from another vehicle, or from a nearby residence. I agree that they falsely claim smelling marijuana is mostly bullshit, especially now that it is legal in most places, so chances are they will find some, it is still difficult to prove that he didn't smell it, even if the source wasn't the vehicle.
@@travisspaulding2222 That's why the original comment said to recorded every failed encounter, after a certain amount of failed encounters unlucky circumstance can be ruled out.
@@travisspaulding2222 If an officer has claimed to smell marijuana 100 times and 3 of them have been verified it's safe to say he's lying on the hopes he's gonna find something. I'm just saying track it, simply just have a log of these things so they can be referenced in court. Right now an officer can claim he smells marijuana on every single stop with no repercussions, meaning he can search whichever car he wants legally, isn't that ridiculous he can search any car he wants legally by illegally claiming he smells marijuana.
@@connorlewis4675 That's why I think it is important to decriminalize all drugs. It takes that away from them. This is working exactly the way they want it to, so expecting them to reprimand an officer for doing what the government wants them to do is not going to give us the results we want.
I HONESTLY think that they and noone else should have those rights. They should catch criminals in the act, not by trial and error violating citizens rights every single time.
Police are trained to handle every traffic stop as if it’s a deadly threat. Police officers are mostly likely to die at domestic violence and traffic stops. Civilians just don’t understand the danger traffic stops pose to cops. That’s why you should always comply and complain later.
@@JackMcCoy331 Policing is less dangerous than logging, deep sea fishing, and many other occupations. It isn't in the top 20. Is it dangerous? Absolutely! Is it so dangerous that police should treat every encounter with a civilian as if it is a threat to turn into life and death at any instant? No! At bare minimum, officers should be held to the same standards as a normal civilian who is untrained in these encounters.
This "odor of marijuana" BS is getting out of hand. That's the default scape goat when cops don't have a legitimate reason to actually search the vehicle.
@@TheLukemcdaniel hence why they should have some kind of record about this shit. A cop that smells an awful lot, but actually finds very little should be sent to sniffer school to enhance his smelling of stuff. Or have a medical examination. I mean smelling things that aren't there could mean he has a serious health problem.
You know how many people actually smoke weed and drive? But you folks always talking about cops smelling marijuana. I've pulled over countless people who smell like marijuana and actually have marijuana in their vehicle. It's way too common for you to be talking about cops using that as an excuse, it is an excuse because someone ALWAYS has weed and shake in their car. Jeez. Call it for what it is: you people just have an issue with EVERYTHING cops do, whether it's human error, lawful or illegal. You just simply hate cops and nothing we do is right.
Did you just give those cops a B+? Man I almost always agree with your grades but we were far apart on that one. They escalating things from the jump without even trying to treat Mr. Bass with any respect or professionalism. That alone aside from the fact that they made at the very least two unlawful orders when demanding he roll his window down and that he stop filming the deputy that was giving him a ticket. Anything higher than a C- for those guys I can't agree.
i could not agree with more....i agree with Audit on most case but this is the second video where I could not agree more.....that officer had zero interest in anything other than is tiny ego.
I agree with you about the grade. I actually only agree with his grades maybe 50 or 60% of the time. I don't grade based on what the average police officer acts like, I based on what they are REQUIRED to act like. Only a few unfortunately behave that way.
The new saying in Southern MD these days is "Your tint too dark" They have a new "Young gun violence task force" but it should be called "Young black man round up force" its a joke!!
@rticle15 -- It seems to rank right up on the list under oh, we can see crack particles on your seat and the floor, get outta the car NOW! (they claim,...also seeing a box of Glazed Donuts on the front seat next to him. LOL :) LEOS ARE BLOOMING IDJUTS!!
That kid was on a power trip. His ego was hurt the first time around so when he came back he made his voice deeper and put on an even more condescending tone
Every single time a cop fails to de-escalate an interaction when the opportunity arises, it is an emotional reaction versus a professional reaction and most often involves their ego being challenged.
I'm surprised the cops don't use "I smell gun oil" as an excuse. As for the window, being lowered, the 5th Amendment should play in here, not to incriminate yourself. This deputy is not mature enough, emotionally stable enough to be wearing a badge and firearm. But, it is Maryland, after all.
They'll just swap to alcohol, it's suitably ambiguous and arbitrary, in other words perfect for when you want to conduct a warrantless search absent reasonable suspicion / probably cause.
@@direwolf8703 in Maryland? Maryland has very strict gun control laws. Very strick. When I passed through I would take my pistol out of my holster, lock it in a metal lock box, unload all my magazines and put my ammunition in a separate lock box, put them in my trunk and locked it. Still, I could be arrested and charged in Maryland. Passing through. No stopping. A loaded pistol magazine or revolver speed-loader in Maryland has the same Five Year prison term, minimum, as having a loaded pistol and or revolver. I used to carry concealed in several states that recognized the spirit of the Second Amendment. Not in Maryland, DC and other jurisdictions. I used to have a special permit in Virginia to carry loaded rifles and shotguns in the front of my vehicles. Gun laws and restrictions in America are a crazy quilt of local, state and Federal Laws. Local drug dealers in my community, all small time, drive to Baltimore, Maryland to buy illegal drugs off the street and resell them here. They no fear of being caught. But, have a pistol magazine with one bullet in it and that is an automatic five years in a Maryland prison. I gun of any kind on you or in your car: you neglected to remove a magazine from your glove or trunk. Five years! You can legally open carry where I am. You need a permit for concealment. The smell of gun oil could easily be probable cause, even if the cops saw a sewing machine in the back seat. I used to lobby in my state capitol over gun rights. I'm starting to get involved again. I'm taking a hiatus while wife is going through her final stage of Alzheimer's. I look back at what my family did do the average American can have the rights they now have. The European side for 417 years, native side for a few thousand years. America is not just a country. It's my home. And a representative republic, not a democracy. Though it is treated more as a mob rule democracy. And less Federal and more national as socialist thought creeps in. Sic Semper Tyrannis!
Between that, the "Fuck you very much" sign off and forcing the officer to hold the paper still while he was on an obvious rage high, this guy is my new hero.
Ya they told me that when I was driving a brand new car home. I’ve never even smoked a cigarette in my life . Cop pulls me over for no tags on a brand new car and said he smelled marijuana when approaching the car lol. No marijuana was found .
THINKING COULD UT BE SOME COP HAVE ODOR OF MARIJUANA IN THEIR NOSTRILS FROM SMOKING IT BEFORE ENGAGING IN THOSE STOP. JUST SAYING UF TRUTH BE TOLD. ALL COP SHOULD BE TESTED BEFORE THEY GO OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE. ODOR OF MARIJUANA CAN LINGER.
Lol. I ride bicycle quite a bit during the summer. I smell weed all of the time just driving in traffic and weed is not even legal in Mn. Who knows where it is coming from really. So yeah, they could use that excuse any time they want. I mean, how would someone prove otherwise in a court of law?
Except that sense of smell is completely faulty. In other words, he didn't smell marijuana, and none was found. They claimed they smelled pot in retaliation for Mr. Bass not licking their boots. In 46 years of driving, I've never been pulled from my car or had my car searched after getting pulled over for a minor traffic violation, because I'm white. Racism is a live and well.
I’m so sick of this “odor of marijuana” shit. I have never smoked weed apart from back in high school. I’ve had officers tell me 3 times they smelled marijuana just because I own a rental property in a bad neighborhood. When I go to collect rent, they pull me over.
The prime purpose of law enforcement is to extract money by any and all means possible .... the corrupt legislators will never do anything to lessen their personal 'haul'.
@@richh1576 They did in my home state. The state government imposed a limit of how much of a city's budget can come from police fine or confiscation, to prevent cities from becoming speed traps and funding themselves off of tickets. The state also controls a lot of traffic enforcement laws, like police can't ticket you unless you're going more than 10 mph over the speed limit (with a few exceptions like school zones), and police running radar can't do it at the bottom of hills, or on steep roads, and have to be visible. If any city violates any of these, the state will take that police departments license to run radar away.
@@AceRasputin Outstanding that you reside in a state that is honest and has concern for its citizens ..... most states and municipalities only use their 'subjects' as a prey species to enhance the local 'good ole boy network' - aka: local criminal justice system.
I think giving the officers a "B" was a bit generous ...... Without using any type of deescalation , I can't ever see them getting anything above a "C". Not to mention they were clearly operating this way because of their emotions.
I could imagine that maybe they didn't want to explain to him that they cannot look into the car because that might be like tipping someone off who actually does have malicious intentions. (Doesn't have to make much sense, but they're living in fear due to their own actions and fear makes stupid.)
Agreed, B+ is too high for these smug cops...not to MENTION, searching and seizing for possessing a plant is the definition of tyranny...the failures of prohibition are well-documented, and only leads to more violence...
Most of these "Lawful Orders" make no sense to me. If having a window up, holding a camera or smoking a cigarette is not illegal and there is no law against it how can he make a "Lawful" order against those actions?
its not. You have to understand that ATA has probably recently taken large donations from police unions and that's why they have turned into a bootlicking channel.
Well, in Norway, all orders given by law enforcement officers are de facto lawful and need to be followed. You'd think this is crazy, but over here we at least have very sensible police officers. They don't abuse their positions, and they genuinely help the communities they are in. But in theory, I could be ordered to walk on the other side of the road for seemingly no reason. If I don't, they can apprehend me for up to 48 hrs, and any court would rule in the police department's favour.
To the officers in this video: The man you pulled over had his information out to show it to you. If you’re afraid of an INNOCENT person, then you do NOT deserve to be law-enforcement officers because of that reason. In fact, if you’re scared of an INNOCENT person, stay home.
@@hankhooper1637 They'd probably say they can tell from the back of the car based on how much the driver-side window is rolled down despite still not being able to see anything.
2:12 "do you know how many times I asked you before I went for my gun" shouldn't it be an infinite amount given if its for a red light and he's no threat why would you ever need a gun
well some people do just shoot cops at traffic stops sometimes, they’re right to be very cautious, and it’s understandable why they’d be nervous, but idk what was going on in this specific case, he didn’t really have reason to be nervous
@@razzberry4756 "people shoot cops during traffic stops all the time" im sure more civillians get killed by cops than the cops killed by civillians. If its so scary, they shouldnt be cops.
@@lilsyrupshawty oh they do, pretty sure the number is rounded up to 3,000 citizen deaths to 100 cops deaths, but it’s been a while since I read that so don’t quote me on it
B plus my ass! You grading on the curve now? If he ran a stop light why the hell did he have to get out of the car? Then do the whole "I smell something" thing. It was a fishing trip.
"no case has challenged the legitimacy of such an order" Imagine living in a society where law enforcement enforces laws that are not even legislated, and must be confirmed by the courts as existing after the fact.
Some state legislative bodies are actually crafting laws to hem in emergency powers, there is an active bill in OK to block state or federal state of emergency orders encroaching on constitutional rights.
That's how laws work. You can't legislate for every possible scenario. Officers work in a framework. Courts decide if that framework is reasonable and then codify the rules as social conditions evolve. You don't have to imagine it, you already live in it.
@@matteframe if they are going to enforce laws, they had better make sure that the laws are well written and make logical sense. None of this bullcrap about unclear or ambiguous laws. It leads to situations like this where the cops or courts OPINIONS are considered the law.
@@atrumblood Dude you can't pre-write a law for every possible nuance of every possible scenario. It is literally not possible in a free society that does not default to arresting the citizen. This is the reason courts exist.
because he noticed "fuck, we did not find anything, this might shed some bad light on us". its a joke that one police officer can say "jo i smell drug XYZ" and then he is free to whatever he wants to do.
Yeah especially because this guy was cool, he's gonna pull over ten million times guys a billion times more sketchy, Rolando guy had a cool attitude, I liked him
I’m over ‘Officer Safety’ trumping that of the citizens. Especially with the vibration of most officers being low and extremely negative. They simply look for and create problems.
According to LEOKA data, there are about 6 instances a year of officers being killed at a traffic stop. And almost universally by known felons. It is an irrational fear.
I'd accept officer safety as a concern of they didn't claim everything on the planet as a threat to them. Cops are trained to be cowards and then demand we all accommodate their cowardice.
It’s all good they talk like this and it just means more hatred toward them from mainstream media, every cop is pulling there hair out rn and need to start asking themselves why
they searched his car on a claim of smelling cannabis and found none... totally disagree with your B+ score. unconstitutional searches don't merit good scores, bro. I know there's no way to PROVE they didn't THINK they smelled it, but you're giving them more credit than that classic bad cop move allows
Exactly, he also made a lot of excuses for the actions of the officers here based on ignorance. I get that he wants to be objective, but pretending like they couldn't see at all inside his car and would act identically if it was a white man is nothing but ignorance. I mean that cop, wasn't just informed on marijuana laws, but all of the constantly changing recent ones and was an expert in reciting them. They have to be, otherwise they cannot do warrantless searches legally.
If such occurs often due to your 'looks', get yourself gas sampling containers as used in gas chromatography analysis ... and when ordered take sample of the ambient atmosphere in the car. This is to be used to destroy the honesty of most cops.
B+ is far too kind - he got very emotional very early on right until the end when he just pushed out the ticket without any explanation. And they went through the usual "odor from the vehicle" abuse of procedure to conduct a search. Ego won.
He lit up a wild hemp. That is a Marijuana cigarette free of THC. Just like near beer is free of alcohol. The officer's can't tell the difference. You can see the green filter when he holds it up. So yes they did smell weed.
@@mr.t6773 What the fuck. I thought you were just another keyboard warriors that's full of shit but you can actually read the pack when he puts it on the seat and its says Pure Hemp. You are actually totally right.
A lot of people don't understand the back story to this video. Believe me or not. But this guy was trying to bait the officers into a law suit. He lit a Marijuana based Cigarette. Then says that they don't smell Marijuana and they are targeting him. Wowzers. C mon man. They had probable case. Lol.
Every cop should be required to demonstrate the ability to identify the smell of small quantities of MJ in a car by smell from outside the car. If they can't do it 10 out of 10 times they should be permanently barred from law enforcement work anywhere in the US.
@@rexmonarch2 but dogs are not accurate either unfortunately. Especially when the handlers press and press and press the dog to produce results. all they want to do is please their handlers so they get false positives all the time.
@@natashagk7877 It was an attempt at a visual of cops being led around on leashes like dogs sniffing at car doors and trunks. Anyway, I've certainly had more than my share of the phony "I smell burning marijuana' routine. I haven't smoked the stuff in 30 years and I just laugh when they come up to my vehicle saying they smell the odor. They don't even have sense of humor about it. They are so serious thinking they've got a bust -- and then they come up empty handed.
wrong....it can still cause a search, seizure or investigation because anything over a specific amount is still illegal. So yes the smell can still get you searched and arrested if it is over what is deemed legal to carry....which from this video is what 10 grams. So basically anything over 3/4 an ounce is still criminal
The fact they found nothing brings the question up that cops are using the i smell weed anytime to justify retaliation in hurt feelings or extend the stop by searching.
i love that you re-cover caselaw you have covered countless times. it helps cement it in my head, plus it makes your videos more accessible to new viewers. love it.
Protect and Serve was never here in America for people of color and unrepresented poor citizens. It is just now you can see the blatant abuse of power due to cameras. Now it is the cops word against the truth. Even with video sometimes the cops get away with corruption
It was never in the window to begin with lol.. the police was literally made from slavery to catch slaves.. serve and protect is just the front used to suppress the true agenda to use racism as a distraction
B+ after pretending to smell marajuana to search his car, then pulling him out of the car for no reason?!?!?!? I usually agree with the grade, this one is insane....
You do not need a reason to order someone out of the car. An officer can order driver and passengers out just because they want. They can also search any area in reach of driver for office safety. Refusal is an arrestable offense!
@@terrydouglas5008 WTF are your talking about, did you watch the video. They can't search a car without probable cause, you can REFUSE the search its a traffic stop nothing else. Don't be a police you sound DUMB.
For weed... something that is almost legalized everywhere in some form and is harmless... were you a hall monitor? Lol How about a tech to detect ppl who ripped tags off their mattress 🙄
One of the MAIN reasons you ALWAYS roll up and lock your vehicle when having to exit, this ensures K9 and then follow the states rules on search. ALWAYS secure your vehicle, you have every right to do so. They CANNOT request it left open for search.
I don’t because that would’ve come up before anything else. I find it highly unlikely he ran a light because none of us learned about it until maybe 5 seconds before he got back in his car and was free to go. Mind you a lot of this video was fast-forwarded and still no mention of it until the very last moment.
@@NSUScooter At 4:36 they mention it would have been a warning, but he made the situation worse. Traffic stops are dangerous and if everyone acted like him, then more people would get hurt.
Cop-"Do you know how fast you were going?" Citizen-"Yes,& by my calculation you had to go 110mph in order to catch me going 7mph over the speed limit. SMH....
That’s not what happened here though and it clearly states at the very start of the video that he “ failed to stop at a red traffic signal before making a right turn” which is pretty common of drivers where they almost come to a stop but not quite, when turning right at a red light.
@@Virgoindigo a lot depends on what’s State you are in. But basically, if you are pulled over for a citable offense, then you are detained and under the orders of the officer. You should do whatever they want you to, within reason of course. Now if you are approached on foot , let’s say, and they say we got a call saying you were behaving suspiciously, then at this point you have not done anything that the officer can cite you for or arrest you and you are not under his orders. If he tells you to put out your cigarette or to stop recording, you should ask him if you are being detained and why? If he says no, then he doesn’t have the right to give you orders. Got it?
@@johnscott2746 I watch this channel almost daily so I got that much but police have too much freedom to just wave their power around when they see fit. Just like theirs laws that each citizen must abide by so too must it go for police officers too often they do what they want and don't even get as much as a slap on the wrist.
What was their reason for searching his car? The “smell” of marijuana is always used because cameras can’t pick up the smell can they? They did it to retaliate against him. That’s beyond obvious. I hope he sued.
@@motherhorsefucker he absolutely would. The courts have literally said - the smell of weed - excuse can’t be used when one of window is rolled up. Literally why you’re not supposed to roll down the window more than a 1/4 if the way. Just enough to communicate.
He wouldn't win because he has no way to prove they were lying. Because this is subjective, and your smell can change due to factors like you being sick or whatever. This is why this needs to be thrown out of the law as being OK
Any black man with the balls to talk back to cops in America has my undying respect. The level of casual courage displayed by this gentlemen is astonishing.
If this were a few years ago I’d agree, but nowadays a black man or woman could purposely agitate cops, get them to escalate, and then collect cash and prizes after claiming racism. Not so brave in my opinion
Watching a lot of these videos and coming in with a bias mindset makes you guys go too far in the other direction. If audit is trying to be objective then he can’t make a call either way. He wasn’t there so he can’t judge one way or another for the smell of marijuana. So he did the logical thing and ignore the smell part. Look, if he did grade the cops lower and used “smell of marijuana that may not have existed” as justification of a lower grade, he’d be bashed for not maintaining objectivity and lose reputation for being a fair channel... which defeats the entire purpose of this channel. If you guys want to hivemind go for it, but don’t fault the channel for disregarding something they can’t attest to objectively.
@@blackmamba1261 I love how you defended ATA's grade of the cop by saying that he has to analyze the facts and come to a objective conclusion yet you assumed everyone here doesn't do the same thing and simply just follows "hivemind". Considering the fact that it was apparently raining; that the driver was smoking a cigarette; that the cop was probably biased by the fact that the guy didn't want to lower his window and that NO drugs were found in the car, I say the marijuana smell accusation was bullshit! And considering the hysterical and unprofessional way the cop acted in the whole interaction he doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt.
@@rivera2030 That's not an objective conclusion you reached. You weren't there, it's not like the driver later said anything about there's no smell, or complained about the search being illegitimate and that there was no smell as far as we can tell. If you think the accusation was BS that's entirely your opinion and I don't plan on swaying you. However, I WILL contest you on the point that it's an objective conclusion based on the video. As I said, ATA is being objective, and even with your logic it's still a subjective matter and involves speculation. There's nothing that says there ISN'T a smell coming from the vehicle, most notably it lacks a statement from the driver himself. Maybe the driver thought the police won't listen given what has happened so far, sure, but you would think the driver would mention it later that there was no smell or anything suspicious. From what I can tell, the subsequent contest was only about the citation itself (which wasn't directly related to the search). Either way, at least without some help from the driver himself, ATA would not be able to OBJECTIVELY state that the marijuana smell accusation was fake. That induces bias one way or another. If the driver said somehwere that "there was no way a cop could have smelled marijuana in my car", either during the interaction of subsequently, ATA could say "questionable search of the car" and lower the grade there. However, given what we see, I think ATA made the correct judgement here.
it wouldn't be so funny cop shot him pretending like he had a gun on his side. I guessing the window was tinted they could hardly see him is why they wanted him to roll his window down which they didn't explain.
B+ my ass, what a clown cop he has no control of his ego and emotions and should never be a cop with such a sensitive attitude. Dude was shaking like crazy handing him the citation, obviously not built for this job, he is literally a ticking time bomb.
So citizens are expected to know the law and comply without needing clarification, yet it's considered completely unreasonable to expect the sworn officers of the law to do the same. And they wonder why people don't respect the law.
They know how to play the law so by saying they smell weed that gives them the power to remove him from the car and search the car. If the cop didn't have cameras on he can plant drugs in the car and say is yours. They did it back in the days.
Nobody sees an issue with the fact that the police can just say "I smell weed" WHENEVER THEY WANT and get to search our property, and we can't do shit about it?
the hilarious part was when the first cop approached the window telling him to roll it down so it was safe for his partner, as if he didn't already just walk up.
The cop said if he were to follow his orders it would just be a warning. I feel like he gave him the citation out of retaliation. Isn’t that unlawful??
Possibly, but unsure. If the orders were lawful, then he might cross a threshold for giving leeway. This could be justified the other way: They have the right to give a citation but it is *in their discretion* to merely give a warning.
They were ordering unlawful orders the justification of this comment is that well they say they smell marijuana he was smoking a hemp cigarette hemp does not smell like weed they were just trying to get him on the fact that they knew they were hemp
Are you freakin serious?! How tf are you gonna grade the cop a “B+” for performing such a hostile traffic stop, which included barking out orders for the driver to roll his window all the way down while he had his hand on his service weapon, ordering the driver to step out of his car so he could conduct an unlawful Terry frisk on him and an illegal search of the vehicle, and then finally give the dude citations for the initial reason for the stop after not finding anything else to pin on him? He was super hostile from the get-go and shouldn’t have gotten a grade higher than a “D”!
I’m so sick & tired of these cops saying “I think I smell Cannabis, can you get out?” Such a cop out for an illegal search & seizure. This is just one more reason why it needs to be legalized on a Federal Level. Since Oregon passed Cannabis, cops have lost ways to do illegal search & seizures. It’s made our State that much safer.
The officers good have said " I can't see through your tinted windows, please roll them down temporarily for everyone's safety". It seems that the driver would have understood and complied without feeling like his rights were being violated.
While I don't like how they handled this, telling the vehicle occupant that they "can't see through" the windows, might not be a good idea from a safety standpoint. "Occupant, we can't see in the vehicle, or if you're hiding something, or aiming a weapon at us..."
With the windows up and tinted there is very little in "plain view". Isn't an order to place additional elements of the car into "plain view" boarding on illegal search ?
@@DontScareTheFish I'd be very surprised if a court took that view once the almighty "officer safety" is invoked. OTOH, if a driver (and any occupants) voluntarily put their hands out of partially open windows, that should squash the safety justification quite nicely.
It's amazing how many "I can smell weed" turns up nothing. A cynical person would say the cops are liars just so they can do a search to potentially find something else , which doesn't help much for citizen/ cops relationship
I dont think you even have to be a cynical person, witb the evidence of how often i smell weed turns up absolutely nothing, and how often its used after they have no reason to search and had their feelings hurt its pretty obviously its used as retaliation and in racial profiling because the can say it and dont have to have proof si they just lie
@@paddlefar9175 An adrenaline boost for a traffic stop that he escalated, yeah he has no business in any position of authority, he proved he cant conduct himself as a human being let alone conduct himself as a cop
@@jayd6028 weed is becoming legal in most state's and should have been since many years ago, thats not going to work anymore for an officer's excuse to search a vehicle.
@@jayd6028 its not similar at all lol, clearly you haven't gotten high a day in your life then. Weed has never caused me nausea, dizziness, memory loss, or made me black out.
@@JohnjOcampo you right.. my apologies. I should've been more clear. It causes similar effects over your reflexes and motor skills. Which makes it dangerous to drive while high.
@@Dilllonm So, as the officer walks up to the driver's side door with the driver's side window down, whilst the rear driver's side window is up plus the rear windshield, all of which are tinted, helps the officer to assess the situation how? They don't have a "clear" view into the vehicle until they're on top of the driver's seat, and by then so much couldn't already happened. Which, let's be fair here, unless you got limo tint, this excuse is complete bull. You can clearly see in and out of a vehicle even with a fairly dark tint. (I come from AZ where the legal tint is fairly dark,) This is just a clear example of cops on a power trip and a pretextual stop.
@@furamusic301 - Another point is that many officers aren't tall enough to see into the lap, seat, or center console with a lot of higher riding vehicles, even with all of the windows down all of the way. That doesn't mean that they shouldn't try to put themselves in a position to see more in situations where that's possible. But it also isn't that serious, when they're just detaining someone for a minor traffic infraction. They don't make drivers and passengers exit big trucks and SUV's at gunpoint, just because they can't see as much inside the vehicle.
@@furamusic301 It was legitimate. The window tint is quite dark even from the inside out (see 9:31), and the other direction is of course much darker. They need to be able to see the driver's hands' movements as soon as possible. Ordering him to put his hands on the steering wheel would not have helped much with the windows still up, since he would have to produce documents and such. And staying behind the car gave the cops a certain amount of additional protection, especially since shooting at them would require significant movements from the driver that they might be able to spot.
@@Dowlphin You can see silhouettes move. The windows are dark, but not that dark. They're not limo tinted and completely blacked out. They can clearly see him and his deliberate movements, even if they can't see every detail like the numbers of hair on his head. Like I already stated, the rear windshield is already the same tint as the rest of their car. If officers were really worried about their safety and being able to see what's going on, they'd approach the vehicle from the front. The front windows and windshield are not allowed to be tinted, from what I know, and if they can be it's significantly lighter than the rest of the car. Plus they can see his face and any other passengers inside the vehicle with ease. Furthermore, it would prevent the amount of take offs after being pulled over. If they came up, asked for your papers, and you decided to drive off while they input your info, they can immediately put the vehicle in drive or neutral and move to block you from moving forward. If they're worried about weapons, park cock-eyed so you can use the vehicle and doors as cover. Slowly approaching from the back does less for them since they cannot see over the seats until they're right up on him. Again, this has nothing to do with them and their safety. This wasn't a felony stop. It was a simple citation and misdemeanor because, as the story goes, he fishtailed a bit coming out of a turn at a stop. There was no reason to make this more than it had to be and search his vehicle. There was no reason for them to feel threatened. He made no attempt or movements to dictate he was hostile or a threat. If they were smart and logical, they could've went about this a hundred different other ways if they truly feared for their life. But they didn't. Instead they chose to become hostile right off the bat and continued to keep that hostility throughout the entire detention.
In retaliation for him not rolling his window down and holding the feelings of the officer and screwing with the ego of the officer that officer decided to extend the traffic stop to prove that he had more power than the driver. Basically that childish juvenile officer decided to get into a pissing contest With this driver because he felt he should not have been disobeyed how dare somebody not do exactly what he said when he says it like any abusive individual when you don’t do what they want they retaliate
Does “ roll down your window” require that it be rolled down all the way or just enough to communicate with officer? It was raining and there are loads of electronics that will get wet. Not trying to be obtuse....
@@nonyabidness6492 not true. The drivers side window was down. The cop wanted the passenger window down. The courts have ruled they can’t use the i smell weed excuse if you only have one window down. ATA has literally discussed it on this channel.
The pigs did nothing to help the situation and their egos just escalated everything. The window down request was simply to give pigs a chance to say they "smelled" weed.
years and year ago mom was headed to atlanta..on i 75...in the middle of 8 million cars this cop pulls her over..she in the middle lane..she had NO clue why he pick her out of the other zilliosn cars on the road...she dropped her window one inch only..it was dead winter..cold as heck out there...one inch down and he said roll down your window..she said NO...I will not take down this window down ,its cold..he was angry as hell.....went on and on about her dropping the window....she never did...I do not recall if she got a ticket that day..this was a long time ago..but she never dropped the window.
They're used to the decades of violating our rights and can't move past it. Once it's legal federally they'll lose their jobs as their role will be defunct at their department. Maybe the officers left can start solving violent crimes instead of harrassing random drivers.
@@miltonperez5257 The war on drugs literally is the only thing holding up the budget for most of americas police force. It is also what leads to alot of people rights being violated. Without it most of the tyrants will be out of a job.
1. cop will look into a window with a flashlight, or otherwise even with tint with their takedown lights 2. as soon as you open a window they will smell drugs 3. this guys windows dont look all that dark, cops can easily see in the car. this citizen is a bit extreme and he is asking for descalation and he cant even do that himself. you got pulled over. protect your 4th amendment rights, keep your mouth shut, and let it happen. if they are gonna violate your rights they will do it, but escalating yourself isnt going to help anything either. you fight in the courtroom not the street. while hes ok to be pissed legally, that doesnt mean you will get respect. he wanted the cop to read the ticket, the cop wanted this guy gone...take the ticket and complain later if he was wrong instead he was trying to instigate the cop which isnt a favorable look. im torn on this one, the driver was instantly combative with his intentions. the cops were over demanding about window being partially rolled down and could have just said ok fine whatever. its a mercedes, half the time the windows dont work anyways and he prob could have just said hey, windows dont work that well. they crossed the line when they wanted to search his car, which im guessing its about payback for the window request. but its also incredibly STUUUPIIDDDD to have your car smell like the devils lettuce because you just gave PC to LE. The citizen gets a B- at best, cops get a C- at best for being overly agressive and generally not being reasonable and their BS searching of the vehicle.
I'm a 58yr old white guy. In all of my years driving and having received my fair share of tickets, I have NEVER been asked to get out of my car, not once.
I live in Lexington Park, MD. As a 38 yr old Female that has lived in this area for the past 18 yrs and have have 5% limo tint on EVERY car I have ever owned, and have never not once ever been pulled over for it, I have been pulled over 10+ times for other traffic violations, but my tint has NEVER been brought up. But over the past few months in this area, there is AT LEAST 5+ traffic stops of young black men for their tint. Its BS and racist! Checkout the channel @Aye yung city, he does a great job showing St. Mary's County's "Task force" at work, wasting tax payer dollars!!!
This is something I have also reflected on .. I can't understand how pulling mostly people of color out of the car is a thing or an unstated policy .. it must be one , because that's what I see happening time and time again..
Right... Most people in this community know that this is the tactic now. So giving them the benefit of the doubt seems weird. And everything else after confirms that they are not good cops that were just fishing.
It's not a cops job to be nice. You can think they are ass holes but their job is to operate within the bounds of the law. The B rating is because they obeyed the law, plain and simple.
@@machedari it's not a probable lie. If you went to court he could argue that the smell could have been in the area. Remember that a court room standard is usually beyond a reasonable doubt, and that burden of proof has not yet been established
The guy is smoking a Wild Hemp marijuana cigarette that is THC free, you can see the green filter and pack. So yeah... they definitely smelled marijuana..
If you listen, the command was, “Roll your windowS [plural] down.” This was clearly a pretextual request to roll all four windows down so that the officer(s) could claim to have smelled marijuana emanating from the vehicle. Saying you smell marijuana, alcohol, etc. is the easiest thing to claim, and it would be impossible to prove that someone did not smell what they claimed they did.
They escalated the situation as high as possible when it was absolutely not necessary but they get a B+ ? Using common sense I’m adjusting the score to a C- and that final.
When the officer said he smelled marijuana but found none, I would claim that the smell came from the officer and inform his supervisor that he may need to be drug tested. That smell came from somewhere.
If an officer smells marijuana from my car, knowing damn well I don’t have any, I immediately smell alcohol on their breath. Funny how that always happens
I thought the same, they killed her because she had info even worse than what we know. Now her family will sue, so whatever he was covering up had to be REALLY bad
i was thinking the same. "my world is ruined for this traffic ticket. guess nows a good time to off myself." and then they say "we investigated ourselves and found nothing wrong"
From the passenger's perspective they can roll down the window up to a certain point; from the officer's it is always dangerous, you never know who the passenger is and if he has bad intentions and carries a gun. Why not just roll down the window for your own safety and the tranquility of the cop?
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I can't remember the last time I "rolled" a window down. If you're still driving a classic window roller, props to you.
@@TheSoulKeeper my dad had bought a 2004 Ford Ranger right before he died. I drive that lil truck ever once in a while when I’m thinking bout ol pop. It’s got the hand cranks. Truck only has 2,800 miles on her . I call her FIONA lol Fiona Ford. Only damn Ford product on the farm lol . One thing pop n I never seen eye to eye on. CUMMINS works way better out here on the farm than any others
watching your vids has taught me so much thank you dudes
You failed to explain that in the Mimms decision, the judge ruled that there must be RAS that the driver is a safety risk to remove him from his car. It is the same legal standard that applies for a cop to demand ID. You really dropped the ball on this one.
You follow to closely to school based law instead of constitutional law which is what all citizens should know
If an officer claims to smell marijuana and none is found they should be held accountable, this should be recorded so that we know exactly how many times they have claimed to smell marijuana and none has been found.
That's very difficult to prove that he didn't smell it. Marijuana is very potent these days, so who's to say he didn't smell it from another vehicle, or from a nearby residence. I agree that they falsely claim smelling marijuana is mostly bullshit, especially now that it is legal in most places, so chances are they will find some, it is still difficult to prove that he didn't smell it, even if the source wasn't the vehicle.
@@travisspaulding2222 That's why the original comment said to recorded every failed encounter, after a certain amount of failed encounters unlucky circumstance can be ruled out.
@@travisspaulding2222 If an officer has claimed to smell marijuana 100 times and 3 of them have been verified it's safe to say he's lying on the hopes he's gonna find something. I'm just saying track it, simply just have a log of these things so they can be referenced in court. Right now an officer can claim he smells marijuana on every single stop with no repercussions, meaning he can search whichever car he wants legally, isn't that ridiculous he can search any car he wants legally by illegally claiming he smells marijuana.
@@connorlewis4675 That's why I think it is important to decriminalize all drugs. It takes that away from them. This is working exactly the way they want it to, so expecting them to reprimand an officer for doing what the government wants them to do is not going to give us the results we want.
I HONESTLY think that they and noone else should have those rights. They should catch criminals in the act, not by trial and error violating citizens rights every single time.
"You know how many times I told you before I went to my gun?"
Officer admits to putting his hand on his gun when no threat is evident.
Police are trained to handle every traffic stop as if it’s a deadly threat. Police officers are mostly likely to die at domestic violence and traffic stops. Civilians just don’t understand the danger traffic stops pose to cops. That’s why you should always comply and complain later.
@@JackMcCoy331 Policing is less dangerous than logging, deep sea fishing, and many other occupations. It isn't in the top 20. Is it dangerous? Absolutely! Is it so dangerous that police should treat every encounter with a civilian as if it is a threat to turn into life and death at any instant? No!
At bare minimum, officers should be held to the same standards as a normal civilian who is untrained in these encounters.
@@JackMcCoy331what are you talking about bootlicker
Thank you for your cervix
As normal… these scary ass police officers. Be
This "odor of marijuana" BS is getting out of hand. That's the default scape goat when cops don't have a legitimate reason to actually search the vehicle.
the officer must have been smoking in the police car and smelling himself
Well yeah, you can't disprove that they smelled it.
You can't even use that in Maryland anymore pots legal
@@TheLukemcdaniel hence why they should have some kind of record about this shit. A cop that smells an awful lot, but actually finds very little should be sent to sniffer school to enhance his smelling of stuff. Or have a medical examination. I mean smelling things that aren't there could mean he has a serious health problem.
You know how many people actually smoke weed and drive? But you folks always talking about cops smelling marijuana. I've pulled over countless people who smell like marijuana and actually have marijuana in their vehicle. It's way too common for you to be talking about cops using that as an excuse, it is an excuse because someone ALWAYS has weed and shake in their car. Jeez. Call it for what it is: you people just have an issue with EVERYTHING cops do, whether it's human error, lawful or illegal. You just simply hate cops and nothing we do is right.
Did you just give those cops a B+? Man I almost always agree with your grades but we were far apart on that one. They escalating things from the jump without even trying to treat Mr. Bass with any respect or professionalism. That alone aside from the fact that they made at the very least two unlawful orders when demanding he roll his window down and that he stop filming the deputy that was giving him a ticket. Anything higher than a C- for those guys I can't agree.
i could not agree with more....i agree with Audit on most case but this is the second video where I could not agree more.....that officer had zero interest in anything other than is tiny ego.
I agree with you about the grade. I actually only agree with his grades maybe 50 or 60% of the time. I don't grade based on what the average police officer acts like, I based on what they are REQUIRED to act like. Only a few unfortunately behave that way.
"I smell marijuana" is up there with "we just want to see if youre ok." Rarely true and heavily abused.
The new saying in Southern MD these days is "Your tint too dark" They have a new "Young gun violence task force" but it should be called "Young black man round up force" its a joke!!
@rticle15 -- It seems to rank right up on the list under oh, we can see crack particles on your seat and the floor, get outta the car NOW! (they claim,...also seeing a box of Glazed Donuts on the front seat next to him. LOL :) LEOS ARE BLOOMING IDJUTS!!
'We got a call'
EXACTLY!
Don't forget disorderly conduct, which is their go-to charge for arresting anybody who stands up for their rights or anybody they don't like.
That kid was on a power trip. His ego was hurt the first time around so when he came back he made his voice deeper and put on an even more condescending tone
“Respect mah authoritah!”
Butt hurt.i thought that was a different officer the second time around
Exactly
He will act like that witout his gun and badge one day and karma will prevail.
Every single time a cop fails to de-escalate an interaction when the opportunity arises, it is an emotional reaction versus a professional reaction and most often involves their ego being challenged.
Agree! The most lethal weapon a law enforcement officer carries is his ego.
Yep and the courts should dismiss cases where police officers let their personal feelings dictate their actions
Ego or/and ignorance
Exactly!!!!!! So well said!!!
@@HuemorDGAP: Thank you, Audra! 😀
B+ no way he got his feelings hurt then tried to control this man just to prove power
This channel sometimes is a bit too cop friendly.
@@trollogy3435i disagree with that, i feel most of the time ATA agrees with the citizen too much
They should have get an C- because they lied to search his car
When weed gets legal nationality cops “I smell crack”
I smell mushrooms in the vehicle.
I'm surprised the cops don't use "I smell gun oil" as an excuse. As for the window, being lowered, the 5th Amendment should play in here, not to incriminate yourself. This deputy is not mature enough, emotionally stable enough to be wearing a badge and firearm. But, it is Maryland, after all.
They'll just swap to alcohol, it's suitably ambiguous and arbitrary, in other words perfect for when you want to conduct a warrantless search absent reasonable suspicion / probably cause.
@@davidbenner2289 guns are legal though
@@direwolf8703 in Maryland? Maryland has very strict gun control laws. Very strick. When I passed through I would take my pistol out of my holster, lock it in a metal lock box, unload all my magazines and put my ammunition in a separate lock box, put them in my trunk and locked it. Still, I could be arrested and charged in Maryland. Passing through. No stopping. A loaded pistol magazine or revolver speed-loader in Maryland has the same Five Year prison term, minimum, as having a loaded pistol and or revolver. I used to carry concealed in several states that recognized the spirit of the Second Amendment. Not in Maryland, DC and other jurisdictions. I used to have a special permit in Virginia to carry loaded rifles and shotguns in the front of my vehicles. Gun laws and restrictions in America are a crazy quilt of local, state and Federal Laws. Local drug dealers in my community, all small time, drive to Baltimore, Maryland to buy illegal drugs off the street and resell them here. They no fear of being caught. But, have a pistol magazine with one bullet in it and that is an automatic five years in a Maryland prison. I gun of any kind on you or in your car: you neglected to remove a magazine from your glove or trunk. Five years! You can legally open carry where I am. You need a permit for concealment. The smell of gun oil could easily be probable cause, even if the cops saw a sewing machine in the back seat. I used to lobby in my state capitol over gun rights. I'm starting to get involved again. I'm taking a hiatus while wife is going through her final stage of Alzheimer's. I look back at what my family did do the average American can have the rights they now have. The European side for 417 years, native side for a few thousand years. America is not just a country. It's my home. And a representative republic, not a democracy. Though it is treated more as a mob rule democracy. And less Federal and more national as socialist thought creeps in. Sic Semper Tyrannis!
“What’s your name?”
“Lebay”
“THATS CUTE”
😂😂😂😂
Between that, the "Fuck you very much" sign off and forcing the officer to hold the paper still while he was on an obvious rage high, this guy is my new hero.
For the dub!
LMFAOOOOO
That was so rude.....but funny as hell.
We should pony up a GoFundMe to pay his fine! Totally Hilarious!!🤣
When you become a cop you immediately gain a better sense of smell because every cop smells and odor of marijuana
Ya they told me that when I was driving a brand new car home. I’ve never even smoked a cigarette in my life . Cop pulls me over for no tags on a brand new car and said he smelled marijuana when approaching the car lol. No marijuana was found .
THINKING COULD UT BE SOME COP HAVE ODOR OF MARIJUANA IN THEIR NOSTRILS FROM SMOKING IT BEFORE ENGAGING IN THOSE STOP. JUST SAYING UF TRUTH BE TOLD. ALL COP SHOULD BE TESTED BEFORE THEY GO OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE. ODOR OF MARIJUANA CAN LINGER.
Lol. I ride bicycle quite a bit during the summer. I smell weed all of the time just driving in traffic and weed is not even legal in Mn. Who knows where it is coming from really. So yeah, they could use that excuse any time they want. I mean, how would someone prove otherwise in a court of law?
Yeah you apparently gain the smell of a Hound dog as soon as you get the badge
Except that sense of smell is completely faulty. In other words, he didn't smell marijuana, and none was found. They claimed they smelled pot in retaliation for Mr. Bass not licking their boots. In 46 years of driving, I've never been pulled from my car or had my car searched after getting pulled over for a minor traffic violation, because I'm white. Racism is a live and well.
I’m so sick of this “odor of marijuana” shit. I have never smoked weed apart from back in high school. I’ve had officers tell me 3 times they smelled marijuana just because I own a rental property in a bad neighborhood. When I go to collect rent, they pull me over.
They pull you over because they want that rent (civil forfeiture). Then good luck getting it back.
It's time "law enforcement " has the law enforced on them.
The prime purpose of law enforcement is to extract money by any and all means possible .... the corrupt legislators will never do anything to lessen their personal 'haul'.
@@richh1576 They did in my home state. The state government imposed a limit of how much of a city's budget can come from police fine or confiscation, to prevent cities from becoming speed traps and funding themselves off of tickets. The state also controls a lot of traffic enforcement laws, like police can't ticket you unless you're going more than 10 mph over the speed limit (with a few exceptions like school zones), and police running radar can't do it at the bottom of hills, or on steep roads, and have to be visible. If any city violates any of these, the state will take that police departments license to run radar away.
@@AceRasputin Outstanding that you reside in a state that is honest and has concern for its citizens ..... most states and municipalities only use their 'subjects' as a prey species to enhance the local 'good ole boy network' - aka: local criminal justice system.
I love the sentiment, but it reads like a cheesy line in a B movie. 😄
@@AceRasputin dam. What state is this and how did they get there? There’s sooo many states that need this and I’m curious how yours got it done
I think giving the officers a "B" was a bit generous ...... Without using any type of deescalation , I can't ever see them getting anything above a "C". Not to mention they were clearly operating this way because of their emotions.
+1
ATA, your bar was a bit low today.
I could imagine that maybe they didn't want to explain to him that they cannot look into the car because that might be like tipping someone off who actually does have malicious intentions. (Doesn't have to make much sense, but they're living in fear due to their own actions and fear makes stupid.)
Agreed, B+ is too high for these smug cops...not to MENTION, searching and seizing for possessing a plant is the definition of tyranny...the failures of prohibition are well-documented, and only leads to more violence...
Agreed.
Fuck these people deserve an f f f-
Most of these "Lawful Orders" make no sense to me. If having a window up, holding a camera or smoking a cigarette is not illegal and there is no law against it how can he make a "Lawful" order against those actions?
Because officers get a stiffy, telling people to do things and saying it is lawful order.
its not. You have to understand that ATA has probably recently taken large donations from police unions and that's why they have turned into a bootlicking channel.
@@johnp1768 Agreed!
Well, in Norway, all orders given by law enforcement officers are de facto lawful and need to be followed. You'd think this is crazy, but over here we at least have very sensible police officers. They don't abuse their positions, and they genuinely help the communities they are in. But in theory, I could be ordered to walk on the other side of the road for seemingly no reason. If I don't, they can apprehend me for up to 48 hrs, and any court would rule in the police department's favour.
@@skankhunt9497
Exactly. There needs to be a very clear demarcation for when a cop is no longer issuing a 'lawful order'.
To the officers in this video: The man you pulled over had his information out to show it to you. If you’re afraid of an INNOCENT person, then you do NOT deserve to be law-enforcement officers because of that reason. In fact, if you’re scared of an INNOCENT person, stay home.
Nah, they wanna get paid.
How do they know who is innocent or hostile until they investigate?
@@hankhooper1637 They'd probably say they can tell from the back of the car based on how much the driver-side window is rolled down despite still not being able to see anything.
2:12 "do you know how many times I asked you before I went for my gun"
shouldn't it be an infinite amount given if its for a red light and he's no threat why would you ever need a gun
NO FUCKIN' SHIT!!! I totally agree with that!
Guns are only for deadly force tasers are supposed to be used as an alternative only. Non compliance is not an excuse.
well some people do just shoot cops at traffic stops sometimes, they’re right to be very cautious, and it’s understandable why they’d be nervous, but idk what was going on in this specific case, he didn’t really have reason to be nervous
@@razzberry4756 "people shoot cops during traffic stops all the time" im sure more civillians get killed by cops than the cops killed by civillians. If its so scary, they shouldnt be cops.
@@lilsyrupshawty oh they do, pretty sure the number is rounded up to 3,000 citizen deaths to 100 cops deaths, but it’s been a while since I read that so don’t quote me on it
In Maryland the smell of marijuana no longer justifies a search.
Thank goodness, it's such a fake reason.... most the time it's not in there and they just say "whoops, have a nice day"
Yea, that like 2019 known thing right?
In Canada the smell of marijuana means you're walking by a government-approved store. Decadence.
I came here to say that as a Marylander. It can’t be used against you since weed is decriminalized up to an ounce
@@DanitheDandelion But if they smell it while you're driving could they still get you on DUI?
B plus my ass! You grading on the curve now? If he ran a stop light why the hell did he have to get out of the car? Then do the whole "I smell something" thing. It was a fishing trip.
If I had a curve like that back in school, I would have gotten straight A's without turning in any assignments
No, he is bias towards P.O.C. 😒🍵
This dude is a shill now. Giving pass grades to coos that fail.
@@hail_Cyber77 most of the time I agree with him but lately not so much.
Billy Morgan I would give. D-...paranoid cops made the whole thing up in the first place.
"I detect the odor of Marijuana"
Me: "I detect the odor of bullshit."
"no case has challenged the legitimacy of such an order" Imagine living in a society where law enforcement enforces laws that are not even legislated, and must be confirmed by the courts as existing after the fact.
Some state legislative bodies are actually crafting laws to hem in emergency powers, there is an active bill in OK to block state or federal state of emergency orders encroaching on constitutional rights.
That's how laws work. You can't legislate for every possible scenario. Officers work in a framework. Courts decide if that framework is reasonable and then codify the rules as social conditions evolve. You don't have to imagine it, you already live in it.
@@matteframe if they are going to enforce laws, they had better make sure that the laws are well written and make logical sense. None of this bullcrap about unclear or ambiguous laws. It leads to situations like this where the cops or courts OPINIONS are considered the law.
@@atrumblood Dude you can't pre-write a law for every possible nuance of every possible scenario. It is literally not possible in a free society that does not default to arresting the citizen. This is the reason courts exist.
@@atrumblood In a perfect world that's how it would work I guess.
You need to give the deputy an F. If his hands shake that much during a traffic he is not built to be an officer.
I noticed the hand shaking also. He's clearly enraged. Or he has some kind of adrenaline issue. Either way, he should not be in law enforcement.
because he noticed "fuck, we did not find anything, this might shed some bad light on us".
its a joke that one police officer can say "jo i smell drug XYZ" and then he is free to whatever he wants to do.
Lmfaoo
Yeah especially because this guy was cool, he's gonna pull over ten million times guys a billion times more sketchy, Rolando guy had a cool attitude, I liked him
lol... He's barely built to be a man! hahaha Freakin Beta.
I’m over ‘Officer Safety’ trumping that of the citizens. Especially with the vibration of most officers being low and extremely negative. They simply look for and create problems.
Agree
And they act like the lives of officers is more important than the citizens they are supposed to "serve and protect." Its BS.
Well, there IS something to "officer safety" especially if the windows are dark tinted.
According to LEOKA data, there are about 6 instances a year of officers being killed at a traffic stop. And almost universally by known felons. It is an irrational fear.
I'd accept officer safety as a concern of they didn't claim everything on the planet as a threat to them. Cops are trained to be cowards and then demand we all accommodate their cowardice.
Police officers don't realize that respect is something that is earned, rather than something to be demanded from someone.
No, they get that they just think that the 12 days of training that they did warrants all the respect in the world
It’s all good they talk like this and it just means more hatred toward them from mainstream media, every cop is pulling there hair out rn and need to start asking themselves why
Are u kidding?, these MAJESTIES wear a golden crown!! Lmao!
they searched his car on a claim of smelling cannabis and found none... totally disagree with your B+ score. unconstitutional searches don't merit good scores, bro. I know there's no way to PROVE they didn't THINK they smelled it, but you're giving them more credit than that classic bad cop move allows
We all know what pot smells like. No way they aren't able to tell or not considering their training.
You ever smoked weed bro? The smell usually lingers for a little bit, not forever, but if you smoke regularly it'll be there.
Exactly, he also made a lot of excuses for the actions of the officers here based on ignorance. I get that he wants to be objective, but pretending like they couldn't see at all inside his car and would act identically if it was a white man is nothing but ignorance. I mean that cop, wasn't just informed on marijuana laws, but all of the constantly changing recent ones and was an expert in reciting them. They have to be, otherwise they cannot do warrantless searches legally.
@@Bound4Earth The guy did have tinted windows at the very least that much was apparent so they probably couldn’t see very well in
That's the dumbest thing I've heard. Smell can linger, they could've smoked the day before, hours before, minutes before.
They can always say that they smell marijuana, even though there is no marijuana smell............
If such occurs often due to your 'looks', get yourself gas sampling containers as used in gas chromatography analysis ... and when ordered take sample of the ambient atmosphere in the car. This is to be used to destroy the honesty of most cops.
@@richh1576 where
@@richh1576 i want to see a video of this happening! Sounds like something Hodgins from Bones would bust out lol
Just like everyone resists, even if they arrested Ghandi or Jesus.
Yup and get to violate the 4th amendment in the process.
Cops get a B+?! Bro, we need the old guy back. These grades are terrible. 😂
Agreed.
It's the same guy writing the script
The old guy was just the voice, the same person wrote every single video, old or new. Plus, he grades based on the law, not anyone’s feelings.
B+ is far too kind - he got very emotional very early on right until the end when he just pushed out the ticket without any explanation. And they went through the usual "odor from the vehicle" abuse of procedure to conduct a search. Ego won.
@MrGameRat what value do you provide to the society? Genuinely curious.
I’d give them a C. They unlawfully searched his vehicle basing it on a smell yet found nothing.
After his window was half down for at least 10 minutes and he smoked a cigarette...how tf will you "smell marijuana"?!
Obviously you don’t know how bad it danks in a car when someone smokes a blunt in there
He lit up a wild hemp.
That is a Marijuana cigarette free of THC. Just like near beer is free of alcohol.
The officer's can't tell the difference.
You can see the green filter when he holds it up.
So yes they did smell weed.
@@mr.t6773 What the fuck. I thought you were just another keyboard warriors that's full of shit but you can actually read the pack when he puts it on the seat and its says Pure Hemp. You are actually totally right.
A lot of people don't understand the back story to this video. Believe me or not. But this guy was trying to bait the officers into a law suit.
He lit a Marijuana based Cigarette.
Then says that they don't smell Marijuana and they are targeting him. Wowzers. C mon man. They had probable case. Lol.
@@mr.t6773 citation needed.
The "Smell of Marijuana" no longer constitutes Search, Seizure, or Investigation in Maryland.
It’s BS. It’s just another tactic for cops to make up reasons to harass innocent people.
Every cop should be required to demonstrate the ability to identify the smell of small quantities of MJ in a car by smell from outside the car. If they can't do it 10 out of 10 times they should be permanently barred from law enforcement work anywhere in the US.
@@rexmonarch2 but dogs are not accurate either unfortunately. Especially when the handlers press and press and press the dog to produce results. all they want to do is please their handlers so they get false positives all the time.
@@natashagk7877 It was an attempt at a visual of cops being led around on leashes like dogs sniffing at car doors and trunks. Anyway, I've certainly had more than my share of the phony "I smell burning marijuana' routine. I haven't smoked the stuff in 30 years and I just laugh when they come up to my vehicle saying they smell the odor. They don't even have sense of humor about it. They are so serious thinking they've got a bust -- and then they come up empty handed.
wrong....it can still cause a search, seizure or investigation because anything over a specific amount is still illegal.
So yes the smell can still get you searched and arrested if it is over what is deemed legal to carry....which from this video is what 10 grams. So basically anything over 3/4 an ounce is still criminal
The fact they found nothing brings the question up that cops are using the i smell weed anytime to justify retaliation in hurt feelings or extend the stop by searching.
i love that you re-cover caselaw you have covered countless times. it helps cement it in my head, plus it makes your videos more accessible to new viewers. love it.
only problem is that he gave a B+ to these violent, dangerous. ignorant, racist tyrants.
The attitude of “protect and serve” went out the window a long time ago. Sick of it.
yeah now its "detect and search" instead of "protect and serve"
Protect and Serve was never here in America for people of color and unrepresented poor citizens. It is just now you can see the blatant abuse of power due to cameras. Now it is the cops word against the truth. Even with video sometimes the cops get away with corruption
"Protect and serve" doesn't apply to the public or "citizenry", it applies to the state.
We are dealing with the Govt's Hired Guns now, mercenaries in all the meanings of the word.
It was never in the window to begin with lol.. the police was literally made from slavery to catch slaves.. serve and protect is just the front used to suppress the true agenda to use racism as a distraction
B+ after pretending to smell marajuana to search his car, then pulling him out of the car for no reason?!?!?!? I usually agree with the grade, this one is insane....
This one is because it is family
@@fikofikret1522 Um...huh?
@@AliceA333 That's wtf I'm thinking. The actual Audit the Audit's family?! Tf is fiko fikret talking about.
You do not need a reason to order someone out of the car. An officer can order driver and passengers out just because they want. They can also search any area in reach of driver for office safety. Refusal is an arrestable offense!
@@terrydouglas5008 WTF are your talking about, did you watch the video. They can't search a car without probable cause, you can REFUSE the search its a traffic stop nothing else. Don't be a police you sound DUMB.
We need to have electronic “sniffers”. This “I smell weed” and not finding any is abused way too often.
They’d just find a way to bypass them to get false positives. Just like police dogs.
@@nubbiewubbie7285
police dog: *exist*
A cop: that's a positive sign
Those devices exist too.
They can see how guilty the suspect is depending on how dark they are.
For weed... something that is almost legalized everywhere in some form and is harmless... were you a hall monitor? Lol How about a tech to detect ppl who ripped tags off their mattress 🙄
One of the MAIN reasons you ALWAYS roll up and lock your vehicle when having to exit, this ensures K9 and then follow the states rules on search. ALWAYS secure your vehicle, you have every right to do so. They CANNOT request it left open for search.
Who believes Mr Bass actually ran a red light ? I don’t.
I don’t because that would’ve come up before anything else. I find it highly unlikely he ran a light because none of us learned about it until maybe 5 seconds before he got back in his car and was free to go. Mind you a lot of this video was fast-forwarded and still no mention of it until the very last moment.
@@NSUScooter At 4:36 they mention it would have been a warning, but he made the situation worse. Traffic stops are dangerous and if everyone acted like him, then more people would get hurt.
@@Hello-xg3qc how??? From the police shooting him probably
Cop-"Do you know how fast you were going?"
Citizen-"Yes,& by my calculation you had to go 110mph in order to catch me going 7mph over the speed limit.
SMH....
That’s not what happened here though and it clearly states at the very start of the video that he “ failed to stop at a red traffic signal before making a right turn” which is pretty common of drivers where they almost come to a stop but not quite, when turning right at a red light.
"The statute does not define what is or is not a lawful order" well that's sure helpful and not going to get any innocent people beaten or killed.
Common sense does. Moral sense does. Simple as that.
@@LetYahArisee what are you even talking about?
@@Virgoindigo a lot depends on what’s State you are in. But basically, if you are pulled over for a citable offense, then you are detained and under the orders of the officer. You should do whatever they want you to, within reason of course. Now if you are approached on foot , let’s say, and they say we got a call saying you were behaving suspiciously, then at this point you have not done anything that the officer can cite you for or arrest you and you are not under his orders. If he tells you to put out your cigarette or to stop recording, you should ask him if you are being detained and why? If he says no, then he doesn’t have the right to give you orders. Got it?
@@johnscott2746 I watch this channel almost daily so I got that much but police have too much freedom to just wave their power around when they see fit. Just like theirs laws that each citizen must abide by so too must it go for police officers too often they do what they want and don't even get as much as a slap on the wrist.
@@LetYahArisee And you apparently have none. "Simple as that."
Roll your window down now = I want my claim to smell marijuana to have some validity
Exactly !!!!
Plus he had good reason to only crack it. No one wants the rain to soak the interior of a nice luxury car.
I am surprised no one has created a device that can prove there was no odor of marijuana in your car.
Did the officer ever actually say he smelled it? Maybe I missed it. I know I didn't hear him say it when he finally came up to the window.
@@rodmandealerman3297 the professional officer, who was chatting with him during the search, told him that was what was going on.
It crazy nobody can really define what is lawful order.
"Roll your window down!"
*Completely ignores open window*
Yeah, IQ isn't their strong suit is it?
Never is. They’re just there to kill people. The gamble is that they kill more criminals than innocent citizens. 🤷🏻♂️
What was their reason for searching his car? The “smell” of marijuana is always used because cameras can’t pick up the smell can they? They did it to retaliate against him. That’s beyond obvious. I hope he sued.
He would not win
@@motherhorsefucker he absolutely would. The courts have literally said - the smell of weed - excuse can’t be used when one of window is rolled up. Literally why you’re not supposed to roll down the window more than a 1/4 if the way. Just enough to communicate.
He wouldn't win because he has no way to prove they were lying. Because this is subjective, and your smell can change due to factors like you being sick or whatever. This is why this needs to be thrown out of the law as being OK
“Well he didn’t shoot him so B+”
Lol... EXACTLY!.. That sums up my feelings perfectly after watching this.
Lmfao!
Lol
Yeah... I'd have given them a C or C- Politeness and professionalism are very important. Hostility breeds hostility.
Nowadays when I see police walking away without shooting someone. I go to them and offer unlimited donuts. Positive conditioning is very important!
If the man committed no crime it was an unlawful detainment
Any black man with the balls to talk back to cops in America has my undying respect. The level of casual courage displayed by this gentlemen is astonishing.
If this were a few years ago I’d agree, but nowadays a black man or woman could purposely agitate cops, get them to escalate, and then collect cash and prizes after claiming racism. Not so brave in my opinion
How about a white guy standing up to the cops? Do they have your respect, too? I'm tired of the myth that cops deliberately target and kill blacks.
Why?
@@David170390 because they're snowflakes and experts on everything and they absolutely love any opportunity to be contentious toward law enforcement.
@@benoitbrown9400 I expected some lame cliche from someone. Drop that victim crap.
B+ even though they performed a retaliatory car search with a BS marijuana smell?
I would agree...C- is a better grade as they are officers and should demonstrate better orientation.
It is not the first time I see BS score like this on this channel, I think I'll stop watching the channel soon if it gets going this way...
Watching a lot of these videos and coming in with a bias mindset makes you guys go too far in the other direction. If audit is trying to be objective then he can’t make a call either way. He wasn’t there so he can’t judge one way or another for the smell of marijuana. So he did the logical thing and ignore the smell part.
Look, if he did grade the cops lower and used “smell of marijuana that may not have existed” as justification of a lower grade, he’d be bashed for not maintaining objectivity and lose reputation for being a fair channel... which defeats the entire purpose of this channel.
If you guys want to hivemind go for it, but don’t fault the channel for disregarding something they can’t attest to objectively.
@@blackmamba1261 I love how you defended ATA's grade of the cop by saying that he has to analyze the facts and come to a objective conclusion yet you assumed everyone here doesn't do the same thing and simply just follows "hivemind".
Considering the fact that it was apparently raining; that the driver was smoking a cigarette; that the cop was probably biased by the fact that the guy didn't want to lower his window and that NO drugs were found in the car, I say the marijuana smell accusation was bullshit!
And considering the hysterical and unprofessional way the cop acted in the whole interaction he doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt.
@@rivera2030 That's not an objective conclusion you reached. You weren't there, it's not like the driver later said anything about there's no smell, or complained about the search being illegitimate and that there was no smell as far as we can tell. If you think the accusation was BS that's entirely your opinion and I don't plan on swaying you.
However, I WILL contest you on the point that it's an objective conclusion based on the video. As I said, ATA is being objective, and even with your logic it's still a subjective matter and involves speculation. There's nothing that says there ISN'T a smell coming from the vehicle, most notably it lacks a statement from the driver himself. Maybe the driver thought the police won't listen given what has happened so far, sure, but you would think the driver would mention it later that there was no smell or anything suspicious. From what I can tell, the subsequent contest was only about the citation itself (which wasn't directly related to the search).
Either way, at least without some help from the driver himself, ATA would not be able to OBJECTIVELY state that the marijuana smell accusation was fake. That induces bias one way or another. If the driver said somehwere that "there was no way a cop could have smelled marijuana in my car", either during the interaction of subsequently, ATA could say "questionable search of the car" and lower the grade there. However, given what we see, I think ATA made the correct judgement here.
I watched this guy before, he gets pulled over weekly & is pretty funny at the same time 😆
Right, Mr. Bass has far more patience than most people.
yeah, i like him, he's funny, he's even smoking weed in his car even if there is a cop right behinf or just near him lol
He needs 360 dash cam.
it wouldn't be so funny cop shot him pretending like he had a gun on his side. I guessing the window was tinted they could hardly see him is why they wanted him to roll his window down which they didn't explain.
@@kevinair7669 I thought that was a cig
B+ my ass, what a clown cop he has no control of his ego and emotions and should never be a cop with such a sensitive attitude. Dude was shaking like crazy handing him the citation, obviously not built for this job, he is literally a ticking time bomb.
So citizens are expected to know the law and comply without needing clarification, yet it's considered completely unreasonable to expect the sworn officers of the law to do the same. And they wonder why people don't respect the law.
"I smell marijuana" is something I hear a from officers a LOT in these types of videos. I call BS....they can say that whenever they want to search.
They know how to play the law so by saying they smell weed that gives them the power to remove him from the car and search the car. If the cop didn't have cameras on he can plant drugs in the car and say is yours. They did it back in the days.
@Brandon BP that would make sense if that were based in reality. Fortunately it’s not
Nobody sees an issue with the fact that the police can just say "I smell weed" WHENEVER THEY WANT and get to search our property, and we can't do shit about it?
Imagine...
Cop: "I smell weed."
Driver: "Then call a sober cop."
@@Dowlphin I...don't think that would help lol.
@@michaelhaydenbell See the big picture. It has to be said. 😆
Why did this video get a "sovereign citizen" context note from TH-cam?
That is insane
a lot of them do from ATA
How did this smug cop get a B+? It's obvious he only searched the car because he's ego was hurt.
This guy always gives them high scores. Ridiculous
the hilarious part was when the first cop approached the window telling him to roll it down so it was safe for his partner, as if he didn't already just walk up.
The cop said if he were to follow his orders it would just be a warning. I feel like he gave him the citation out of retaliation. Isn’t that unlawful??
Possibly, but unsure. If the orders were lawful, then he might cross a threshold for giving leeway. This could be justified the other way: They have the right to give a citation but it is *in their discretion* to merely give a warning.
They were ordering unlawful orders the justification of this comment is that well they say they smell marijuana he was smoking a hemp cigarette hemp does not smell like weed they were just trying to get him on the fact that they knew they were hemp
Love how the officer immediately assumed he had weed on him. Without even being there first. Tsk tsk
The cops explained to the citizen and back up deputy why they were searching the car tho.
@@nathanielhallmanjr5809 Its a bullshit excuse for a fishing expedition.
ACAB
@@nathanielhallmanjr5809 You’re very naive it seems.
@@MrCaptainTea yeah I am, sometimes I use common sense and prefer to find evidence instead of creating it out of air.
Audit the Audit should be mandatory viewing for police officers in training. This channel should receive a subsidy too. It's that important.
"This encourages blind obedience to police commands' - That was the exact intent of the courts and officers.
Exactly Scorpion, Exactly.
That cop is too scared to be a cop.
No he's dangerous .
Too easily frightened/triggered.
The cops should have issued their citation and been on their way.
Are you freakin serious?! How tf are you gonna grade the cop a “B+” for performing such a hostile traffic stop, which included barking out orders for the driver to roll his window all the way down while he had his hand on his service weapon, ordering the driver to step out of his car so he could conduct an unlawful Terry frisk on him and an illegal search of the vehicle, and then finally give the dude citations for the initial reason for the stop after not finding anything else to pin on him? He was super hostile from the get-go and shouldn’t have gotten a grade higher than a “D”!
When will cops learn - you get what you give.
Exactly - if cops want respect, they should start treating the public with respect.
💯I like how everytime that jr cop would talk to him or show authority, Rolando knocked that shit right out lol
"That's cute" 😆
As a resident of Baltimore Maryland I can say first hand that we have some of THE WORST law enforcement officers.
Can you blame them? With all the shit going on in Baltimore?
@@nielscarp Hey look, a troll on the net. How novel.
B+???? Are you insane? The only thing the cops did right is not arrest the guy. This was D/D-
I’m so sick & tired of these cops saying “I think I smell Cannabis, can you get out?” Such a cop out for an illegal search & seizure. This is just one more reason why it needs to be legalized on a Federal Level. Since Oregon passed Cannabis, cops have lost ways to do illegal search & seizures. It’s made our State that much safer.
Always looking for an excuse to cuff and humiliate someone.
unless they work at the Capitol
The officers good have said " I can't see through your tinted windows, please roll them down temporarily for everyone's safety". It seems that the driver would have understood and complied without feeling like his rights were being violated.
While I don't like how they handled this, telling the vehicle occupant that they "can't see through" the windows, might not be a good idea from a safety standpoint.
"Occupant, we can't see in the vehicle, or if you're hiding something, or aiming a weapon at us..."
With the windows up and tinted there is very little in "plain view". Isn't an order to place additional elements of the car into "plain view" boarding on illegal search ?
@@DontScareTheFish I'd be very surprised if a court took that view once the almighty "officer safety" is invoked. OTOH, if a driver (and any occupants) voluntarily put their hands out of partially open windows, that should squash the safety justification quite nicely.
The amount of research needed to put out these videos is mind blowing. Well done ATA.
“I smell marijuana in your vehicle”
“I smell bullshit in your breath, so I guess we’re even.”
It's amazing how many "I can smell weed" turns up nothing. A cynical person would say the cops are liars just so they can do a search to potentially find something else , which doesn't help much for citizen/ cops relationship
Cops rub weed in their upper lip.
I dont think you even have to be a cynical person, witb the evidence of how often i smell weed turns up absolutely nothing, and how often its used after they have no reason to search and had their feelings hurt its pretty obviously its used as retaliation and in racial profiling because the can say it and dont have to have proof si they just lie
Why was the deputy shaking so much when he showed him the ticket? A guy this scared should not be carrying a gun.
He may have been scared but I think it was more likely he was still enraged by Mr. Bass challenging his "lawful" commands.
It’s an adrenaline boost which doesn’t necessarily mean he can’t conduct himself properly as a police officer.
@@paddlefar9175 An adrenaline boost for a traffic stop that he escalated, yeah he has no business in any position of authority, he proved he cant conduct himself as a human being let alone conduct himself as a cop
"An oder of Marijuana" is not a justification to search anymore. So, this was unlawful.
Uhhh... Says who
@@jayd6028 weed is becoming legal in most state's and should have been since many years ago, thats not going to work anymore for an officer's excuse to search a vehicle.
@@JohnjOcampo still currently illegal in most states. And smoking weed has the similar effects of alcohol. Don't smoke annd drive
@@jayd6028 its not similar at all lol, clearly you haven't gotten high a day in your life then. Weed has never caused me nausea, dizziness, memory loss, or made me black out.
@@JohnjOcampo you right.. my apologies. I should've been more clear. It causes similar effects over your reflexes and motor skills. Which makes it dangerous to drive while high.
“You’re a cop, you should know that” is right. The window is fine
The officer sounded like he just got done crying when he came back to the car
The odor of weed was not the reason for the stop.
C- is my grade
Officer, how does rolling down a driver side window allow you to assess threats inside the car when you are standing behind the car?
Because you can see as you walk up
@@Dilllonm So, as the officer walks up to the driver's side door with the driver's side window down, whilst the rear driver's side window is up plus the rear windshield, all of which are tinted, helps the officer to assess the situation how? They don't have a "clear" view into the vehicle until they're on top of the driver's seat, and by then so much couldn't already happened. Which, let's be fair here, unless you got limo tint, this excuse is complete bull. You can clearly see in and out of a vehicle even with a fairly dark tint. (I come from AZ where the legal tint is fairly dark,) This is just a clear example of cops on a power trip and a pretextual stop.
@@furamusic301 - Another point is that many officers aren't tall enough to see into the lap, seat, or center console with a lot of higher riding vehicles, even with all of the windows down all of the way. That doesn't mean that they shouldn't try to put themselves in a position to see more in situations where that's possible. But it also isn't that serious, when they're just detaining someone for a minor traffic infraction. They don't make drivers and passengers exit big trucks and SUV's at gunpoint, just because they can't see as much inside the vehicle.
@@furamusic301 It was legitimate. The window tint is quite dark even from the inside out (see 9:31), and the other direction is of course much darker. They need to be able to see the driver's hands' movements as soon as possible. Ordering him to put his hands on the steering wheel would not have helped much with the windows still up, since he would have to produce documents and such. And staying behind the car gave the cops a certain amount of additional protection, especially since shooting at them would require significant movements from the driver that they might be able to spot.
@@Dowlphin You can see silhouettes move. The windows are dark, but not that dark. They're not limo tinted and completely blacked out. They can clearly see him and his deliberate movements, even if they can't see every detail like the numbers of hair on his head. Like I already stated, the rear windshield is already the same tint as the rest of their car. If officers were really worried about their safety and being able to see what's going on, they'd approach the vehicle from the front. The front windows and windshield are not allowed to be tinted, from what I know, and if they can be it's significantly lighter than the rest of the car. Plus they can see his face and any other passengers inside the vehicle with ease. Furthermore, it would prevent the amount of take offs after being pulled over. If they came up, asked for your papers, and you decided to drive off while they input your info, they can immediately put the vehicle in drive or neutral and move to block you from moving forward. If they're worried about weapons, park cock-eyed so you can use the vehicle and doors as cover. Slowly approaching from the back does less for them since they cannot see over the seats until they're right up on him. Again, this has nothing to do with them and their safety. This wasn't a felony stop. It was a simple citation and misdemeanor because, as the story goes, he fishtailed a bit coming out of a turn at a stop. There was no reason to make this more than it had to be and search his vehicle. There was no reason for them to feel threatened. He made no attempt or movements to dictate he was hostile or a threat. If they were smart and logical, they could've went about this a hundred different other ways if they truly feared for their life. But they didn't. Instead they chose to become hostile right off the bat and continued to keep that hostility throughout the entire detention.
In retaliation for him not rolling his window down and holding the feelings of the officer and screwing with the ego of the officer that officer decided to extend the traffic stop to prove that he had more power than the driver. Basically that childish juvenile officer decided to get into a pissing contest With this driver because he felt he should not have been disobeyed how dare somebody not do exactly what he said when he says it like any abusive individual when you don’t do what they want they retaliate
Does “ roll down your window” require that it be rolled down all the way or just enough to communicate with officer? It was raining and there are loads of electronics that will get wet. Not trying to be obtuse....
Not all the way, he refused to do it at first
@@nonyabidness6492 not true...the window was rolled down some, but not to the officers liking.
@@nonyabidness6492 delusional? Or are you just ignorant
@@nonyabidness6492 not true. The drivers side window was down. The cop wanted the passenger window down. The courts have ruled they can’t use the i smell weed excuse if you only have one window down. ATA has literally discussed it on this channel.
B+!!!! When they were being hostile, that s too generous.
This channel is probably getting kickbacks from the police unions.
The pigs did nothing to help the situation and their egos just escalated everything. The window down request was simply to give pigs a chance to say they "smelled" weed.
years and year ago mom was headed to atlanta..on i 75...in the middle of 8 million cars this cop pulls her over..she in the middle lane..she had NO clue why he pick her out of the other zilliosn cars on the road...she dropped her window one inch only..it was dead winter..cold as heck out there...one inch down and he said roll down your window..she said NO...I will not take down this window down ,its cold..he was angry as hell.....went on and on about her dropping the window....she never did...I do not recall if she got a ticket that day..this was a long time ago..but she never dropped the window.
guilty till proven innocent and no reason at all to search his car
5:14 “I feel like I should’ve pulled off” 😂
That cop was going to come
and get him.
Pop out with guns screaming at him? Driving away is self defense.
Just seems weird being searched over a civil infraction.
They're used to the decades of violating our rights and can't move past it. Once it's legal federally they'll lose their jobs as their role will be defunct at their department. Maybe the officers left can start solving violent crimes instead of harrassing random drivers.
@@miltonperez5257 The war on drugs literally is the only thing holding up the budget for most of americas police force. It is also what leads to alot of people rights being violated. Without it most of the tyrants will be out of a job.
It is far from weird for many people
not terribly upset by that possible outcome
Impairment while driving is nothing new. Many die every year because of it. Once you witness it, you won’t doubt anymore.
1. cop will look into a window with a flashlight, or otherwise even with tint with their takedown lights
2. as soon as you open a window they will smell drugs
3. this guys windows dont look all that dark, cops can easily see in the car.
this citizen is a bit extreme and he is asking for descalation and he cant even do that himself.
you got pulled over. protect your 4th amendment rights, keep your mouth shut, and let it happen. if they are gonna violate your rights they will do it, but escalating yourself isnt going to help anything either. you fight in the courtroom not the street. while hes ok to be pissed legally, that doesnt mean you will get respect. he wanted the cop to read the ticket, the cop wanted this guy gone...take the ticket and complain later if he was wrong instead he was trying to instigate the cop which isnt a favorable look.
im torn on this one, the driver was instantly combative with his intentions. the cops were over demanding about window being partially rolled down and could have just said ok fine whatever. its a mercedes, half the time the windows dont work anyways and he prob could have just said hey, windows dont work that well.
they crossed the line when they wanted to search his car, which im guessing its about payback for the window request. but its also incredibly STUUUPIIDDDD to have your car smell like the devils lettuce because you just gave PC to LE.
The citizen gets a B- at best, cops get a C- at best for being overly agressive and generally not being reasonable and their BS searching of the vehicle.
I'm a 58yr old white guy. In all of my years driving and having received my fair share of tickets, I have NEVER been asked to get out of my car, not once.
Interesting.., pulled, cuffed and searched twice.... for speeding
You probably don't give them attitude either
@@nonyabidness6492 Attitude is protected free speech 🤷♂️
I live in Lexington Park, MD. As a 38 yr old Female that has lived in this area for the past 18 yrs and have have 5% limo tint on EVERY car I have ever owned, and have never not once ever been pulled over for it, I have been pulled over 10+ times for other traffic violations, but my tint has NEVER been brought up. But over the past few months in this area, there is AT LEAST 5+ traffic stops of young black men for their tint. Its BS and racist! Checkout the channel @Aye yung city, he does a great job showing St. Mary's County's "Task force" at work, wasting tax payer dollars!!!
This is something I have also reflected on .. I can't understand how pulling mostly people of color out of the car is a thing or an unstated policy .. it must be one , because that's what I see happening time and time again..
"i smell the odor of bullets in your vehicle sir" now that weed odor is no longer a valid excuse
These cops forced this guy to roll down his window so they could lie about the smell of marijuana and you give then a b+?
Right... Most people in this community know that this is the tactic now. So giving them the benefit of the doubt seems weird. And everything else after confirms that they are not good cops that were just fishing.
It's not a cops job to be nice. You can think they are ass holes but their job is to operate within the bounds of the law. The B rating is because they obeyed the law, plain and simple.
@The Poofster so youve got no problem with cops lying about the smell of marijuana?
@@machedari it's not a probable lie. If you went to court he could argue that the smell could have been in the area. Remember that a court room standard is usually beyond a reasonable doubt, and that burden of proof has not yet been established
The guy is smoking a Wild Hemp marijuana cigarette that is THC free, you can see the green filter and pack. So yeah... they definitely smelled marijuana..
If you listen, the command was, “Roll your windowS [plural] down.” This was clearly a pretextual request to roll all four windows down so that the officer(s) could claim to have smelled marijuana emanating from the vehicle. Saying you smell marijuana, alcohol, etc. is the easiest thing to claim, and it would be impossible to prove that someone did not smell what they claimed they did.
That's a bad idea 🤣 they just want to control a person, power drunk BULLIES!!
The French people solved their power drunk bully problem in 1789 - guillotines.
why he shaking so much when he’s handing him the ticket 😭
They escalated the situation as high as possible when it was absolutely not necessary but they get a B+ ? Using common sense I’m adjusting the score to a C- and that final.
When the officer said he smelled marijuana but found none, I would claim that the smell came from the officer and inform his supervisor that he may need to be drug tested. That smell came from somewhere.
If an officer smells marijuana from my car, knowing damn well I don’t have any, I immediately smell alcohol on their breath. Funny how that always happens
Cop was shaking like a little girl trying to hand that ticket over hahah
That women ain’t commit suicide they hung her bc that man knew he was about to lose everything 🤣🤝
I thought the same, they killed her because she had info even worse than what we know. Now her family will sue, so whatever he was covering up had to be REALLY bad
You're wrong. She was dead before she even made it to the jail facility.
i was thinking the same. "my world is ruined for this traffic ticket. guess nows a good time to off myself." and then they say "we investigated ourselves and found nothing wrong"
From the passenger's perspective they can roll down the window up to a certain point; from the officer's it is always dangerous, you never know who the passenger is and if he has bad intentions and carries a gun. Why not just roll down the window for your own safety and the tranquility of the cop?
Look at these little boys more focused on asserting their authority than protecting the public
This guy was cool af. Respect.
Thanks
This officer is more of a threat to himself than any sitizen