Police Stops, and the erosion of Civil Liberties
Long long, long article by Radley Balko about police stops being used to generate revenue. The particular mechanism in this case being a police stop being used in combination with a host of other tricks and techniques to get some ( any! ) revenue. These include Asking questions after saying " you're free to go ", making the remaining discussion consensual " rolling no " questions, where you are asked about drugs, guns, cash, etc. Police dogs being cued by their handler to register false positives Fake lane-change warnings and many many more. It takes me back to Professor James Duane's talk on " never agree to answer questions from the police on a criminal matter, especially if you are innocent . " Its long, but worth the read, go check it out (The description of the actual stop is below)... The stop itself happened Dec. 4 on Interstate 70 in Collinsville, a town of 26,000 people just outside of St. Louis. Law enforceme...