>JB writes: >Al, I agree with you on the first part of this snip, however, have you ever >been asked by police to search your vehicle? I've been asked 4 times in the >last 7 years, twice in Missouri, once in Texas and once in Louisiana; the >second time, in Missouri, I refused and posted my experience earlier. I'd >imagine if you ever refuse anything the police ask, you are looking for >trouble as they will assume you have something to hide and that IS probable >cause. Not budging on your *constitutional* right IS NOT PROBABLE CAUSE! That may not keep him from searching your van anyway, but now he knows *he's* crossed the line of the law. You may not keep him from searching your vehicle, but you can keep him from doing it with a clear conscience. Decline all illegal searches. Politely and firmly. Dave -- Dave Carpenter Whatever you wish for me, May you have twice as much. "Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering." -- Arthur C. Clarke |
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