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Court Declares Air Fresheners, Pro-Police Stickers as Reasonable Su ion For Cops to Pull You Over
Nohemi Pena-Gonzalez was pulled over by Police Officer Mike Tamez when she was driving just 2 MPH over the speed limit. The officer did not pull her over because she was speeding, but because he suspected that she was trafficking drugs, and found the contents of her vehicle and the sticker to be su ious.
Eventually, the officer questioned her husband, Ruben Pena-Gonzalez, who agreed to allow the officer search to their vehicle. The officer did not find any drugs, but did find a large sum of cash that he confiscated, and then sent Ruben Pena-Gonzalez to jail.
“We do have concernsthat classifying pro-law enforcement and anti-drug stickers or certain religious imagery as indicators of criminal activity risks putting drivers in a classic ‘heads I win, tails you lose’ position.
But we need not decide whether these items alone, or in combination with one another, amount to reasonable su ion because we find the more su ious evidence to be the array of air fresheners and inconsistencies in the driver’s responses to the officer’s basic questions.
We have long recognized that the presence of air fresheners, let alone four of them placed throughout an SUV, suggests a desire to mask the odor of contraband.
This ruling upholds the idea that police officers can profile and detain people who aren’t actually committing any crimes.
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-pol...cion-cops-pull
... especially if the We The People are black or brown.
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uhhh...I would call $670,000 in cash in garbage sacks hidden in a false panel of the Tahoe probable cause for arrest.
Typical alternet bull .
the cash wasn't the point. The air fresheners, pro-cop sticker makes ANYONE of legitimate suspect.
But I thought you are okay with this because you hate Christianity. Maybe you hate this because there are more Mexicans with rosaries in their cars than evil white men.
speeding was point #1. Evasive and inconsistent answers #2. 4 freaking brand new stinky air fresheners strike #3. Cash probably smelled like dope.
Might not just assume alternet is giving you an unbiased reporting of facts.
2 MPH!
lane change w/o signalling!
both are done 10Ms times per day, but watch out if you're black or brown
I am white and got pulled over and ticketed last year for no blinker on a lane change on the freeway. happens all the time. I said yes sir and no sir and signed my agreement to appear and didn't go to jail.2 MPH!
lane change w/o signalling!
both are done 10Ms times per day, but watch out if you're black or brown
#WhiteLivesMatter
Try driving an SUV for 5 years hauling 3 kids and 3 dogs--the 4 air fresheners won't be su ious at all!
whassup darlin? What are you doing slumming over here?
But but but air fresheners and bumper stickers
you rightwingnuts are ing stupid. the issue is racial/air-freshener/car-sticker profiling.But but but air fresheners and bumper stickers
Let's see if the Feds can convict the guy. The 5th is notoriously ULTRA conservative, with judicial garbage like P. Owen.
She was free to go with a warning after the initial stop, it was her dumb ass that gave the officer permission to speak to her husband.
you haven't watched the vid without pro-police-at-all-cost in your eyes
#airfreshenersmatter
Did she give the officer permission to speak to her husband yes or no?
she asked to record the prick, and he said, unCons utionally, no.
Did she give the officer permission to speak to her husband yes or no?
Agreed.
What part of the story isn't being told?
I wish we had someone to replace Paul Harvey.
I'd like to read "the rest of the story."
I don't know. Is that against the law?
Or if it's 2 AM...2 MPH!
lane change w/o signalling!
both are done 10Ms times per day, but watch out if you're black or brown
Now in this case, if there wasn't the overwhelming smell of FOUR new air fresheners, maybe it wouldn't be so su ious?
Boutons....
Have you ever used four new air fresheners in a car at the same time?
She was the driver. Just goes to show you didn't read the source material. Just your alter link.
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