eskewei
Regular Member
my friend and i were looking for an empty field today to sight in my rifle i bought and we were in for some target practice. we shot out a clip and the cops were called on us by someone. they pulled us over and had us at gunpoint, we weren't armed, my friend was instructed to exit the car first, they then put him in handcuffs, i was next out of the vehicle and handcuffed, then third and last was my fiancee, she's 5'2 and only 100lbs, they had her at gunpoint also, which pissed me off because she poses no threat, they questioned us for 10 minutes then put us in their vehicle and told us that someone said that we were deliberatley shooting at them, which was false, our backs were turned toward the road which was about 100-200 yards from us. when we were in the vehicle my friend noticed that the cops did not read us our miranda rights. we waited until after the booking and proccessing to be questioned, thats when the sherrif wanted my statements. he then read me my rights and i questioned him about not reading me my rights when we were first handcuffed and stuffed in the back of their patrol car. this is waht he told me " YOU WERENT ARRESTED YOU WERE DETAINED" i asked him if we were detained why were all three of us handcuffed. he didnt give me an answer, after that question i asked him why they illegally seized my vehicle and searched it without my consent for them to. they searched the inside of my vehicle and the trunk, very thoroughly and right infront of all three of us while we were "detained" in the back of they're vehicle, cuffed. his answer to my question " we werent searching your vehicle, we were just checking to see what were your possesions for when the tow truck tows your vehicle". that is when i asked him for my lawyer because i knew something was sketchy. they then pulled my friend, Thomas, to questioning and he told me he was being a smart ass and he said he also wouldnt speak without a lawyer and he kept bugging them about his phone call, how much bail was and when he can get a lawyer, Thomas was not as cooperating as me and my fiancee but i think that served us a little better. they were fishing for evidence that didnt exist. they sent thomas back out of questioning and put him back in his cell. during this time i was changing to be put in a cell block. they transferred me to a cell block and i was in there for about 2-3 minutes before someone came back and told me we were free to go. this made no sense to any of us because we were told that we were being charged with criminal discharge of a weapon, which is a serious crime. i dont think the sherrifs of this town knew that we were this knowledgable of our rights or knew anything of the law.
P.S. we are asian and do believe that this was a case of unjust, and racism, do you think we have a strong enough case to bring this to a higher court of some type??
also, my fiancee was the first one who was processed and booked, thankfully she was the only one in her cell block.
my rifle was detained for "INVESTIGATION PURPOSES"
please, give me any advice or why they released us, not that im complaining, all charges were dropped,
charges: trespassing, criminal discharge of a weapon, illegal discharge of a weapon
P.S. we are asian and do believe that this was a case of unjust, and racism, do you think we have a strong enough case to bring this to a higher court of some type??
also, my fiancee was the first one who was processed and booked, thankfully she was the only one in her cell block.
my rifle was detained for "INVESTIGATION PURPOSES"
please, give me any advice or why they released us, not that im complaining, all charges were dropped,
charges: trespassing, criminal discharge of a weapon, illegal discharge of a weapon