Date:         Fri, 15 Dec 1995 21:52:24 -0700
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         mwagner@deltanet.com (Michael Wagner)
Subject:      Re: Cops buses and profiles

> plima@indirect.com wrote:
>
>>I've often wondered about this: Do Buses tend to get pulled over more than
>>other vehicles because of supposed police prejudice?

     Hell yes!!

I don't mean really
>>obvious, Grateful Dead style buses, just regular ones.

     No such thing as a "regular" one -- you're obviously 
     a dealer if you're not driving a Caravan...

I'd hate to have to
>>deal with this, as I have been known to transport various "magical"
>>substances for friends.

     Take a tip from a viper, pal: don't travel with anything.

I like those Owsley Bear stickers, too, but I
>>wonder how many folks are hip to the meaning of them. . .??

     Every narc this side of Boston, for starters...

>I have been pulled over several times in Utah by troopers who all say 
> the same thing "I didn't see your front plate so I wanted to check , 
> by the way can I see your license and registration" it almost sounds 
> rehearsed.  I am not your typical 'dead head', short hair, 
> conservative white male, and my van was a restored very clean 71 with 
> National Guard plates.

    What they're trying to say is, "Hi, we're immature, insecure
    white assholes and we need to roust your shaggy ass to provide
    ourselves with some sense of self-worth. Plus, we'll look
    busy and maybe we'll get another swell 2.5% pay raise this year!"

The UHP has had a lot of success with profiles 
> in catching drug runners on I-15 and I-70 but is taking a lot of heat 
> from the ACLU for it.  Someone out there has a signature block that 
> says something along the line of if "a nation that sacrifices freedom 
> for security achieves neither".  Amen brother.
>
>Clay

    To live outside the law, you must be honest.