Malcolm
Regular Member
I go to a community college and was sitting outside having a conversation about a thread that I read on this forum. It had to do with the 4th amendment. As I'm telling this story a guy walks up and joins in. This is the debate that followed.
Me: The officer couldn't search his car because he would not give them authority and they had no probable cause. Not that I condone breaking the law; if you are, why give the cops permission to search a vehicle you know has something illigal in there?
DUDE: You have to give them permission. If you don't say yes, it implies guilt, then they can search.
what? "It implies guilt"
Me: you do know that's wrong?
DUDE: No, that's the law.
Me: then why even have a 4th amendment? If refusing a search is irrelevant then why even ask in the first place?
DUDE: I don't know, that's just the law.
Thats when I left. The point is, here is a man in his 30's with kids and doesn't know the basics of his constitutional rights. wow. I felt bad for him. but more importantly our country as a whole. a few million more of him and we got problems.
True story, I was just bewildered, and I wonder why I can't quit smoking.
Me: The officer couldn't search his car because he would not give them authority and they had no probable cause. Not that I condone breaking the law; if you are, why give the cops permission to search a vehicle you know has something illigal in there?
DUDE: You have to give them permission. If you don't say yes, it implies guilt, then they can search.
what? "It implies guilt"
Me: you do know that's wrong?
DUDE: No, that's the law.
Me: then why even have a 4th amendment? If refusing a search is irrelevant then why even ask in the first place?
DUDE: I don't know, that's just the law.
Thats when I left. The point is, here is a man in his 30's with kids and doesn't know the basics of his constitutional rights. wow. I felt bad for him. but more importantly our country as a whole. a few million more of him and we got problems.
True story, I was just bewildered, and I wonder why I can't quit smoking.