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I was pulled over and and searched without permission last night... Here is what happened.
Long story short, my friend was drunk and stupid. I was sober and driving him around. I realize this was a dumb thing to do, but he sees some people walking down the street and starts talking to them... they ask for a ride and he lets them in (man and woman)... While this was probably very dumb to allow strangers in the vehicle, it happened... and I did have my gun, so I still felt fairly safe. We drove around the block and came to the point where we were going to drop them off. It was just a two minute drive.
At that moment, a police car with three cops inside pulled up alongside us and aimed flashlights into my car... they did not know who my friend and I were, but as soon as they saw the other two individuals in the vehicle with us... they got out and asked all of us to step out of the vehicle.
I did... then I handed the officer my CCW. He immediately reached over and felt the gun on my hip... and grabbed it and removed it from my person without my permission. Another officer also put my friend in handcuffs for no aparent reason. Then one asked me if he could search the vehicle. I did not have any drugs, nor do I ever... but since there were two individuals in the vehicle that I had never met before, I did not know if they had anything illegal on them. For this reason, I told the officer he could not search my vehicle.
Within a minute or two... they entered the vehicle and begin searching through everything. He even opened the glove box in between my two seats and found my Blackhawk Serpa holster.
The cops were not rude or disrespectful, but they told me that the two individuals with us were "known drug dealers." But we did nothing illegal by giving them a ride down the block... so why should we be stopped, disarmed, and searched (without permission) just because those individuals happened to be in my car (no drugs or anything!).
Long story short... I told them they couldn't search my car, and they did it anyway. Did they break the law? After they found that the two individuals had nothing on them, they just let them (and us) leave... and no citations were issued.
[wrong username, so reposted]
I was pulled over and and searched without permission last night... Here is what happened.
Long story short, my friend was drunk and stupid. I was sober and driving him around. I realize this was a dumb thing to do, but he sees some people walking down the street and starts talking to them... they ask for a ride and he lets them in (man and woman)... While this was probably very dumb to allow strangers in the vehicle, it happened... and I did have my gun, so I still felt fairly safe. We drove around the block and came to the point where we were going to drop them off. It was just a two minute drive.
At that moment, a police car with three cops inside pulled up alongside us and aimed flashlights into my car... they did not know who my friend and I were, but as soon as they saw the other two individuals in the vehicle with us... they got out and asked all of us to step out of the vehicle.
I did... then I handed the officer my CCW. He immediately reached over and felt the gun on my hip... and grabbed it and removed it from my person without my permission. Another officer also put my friend in handcuffs for no aparent reason. Then one asked me if he could search the vehicle. I did not have any drugs, nor do I ever... but since there were two individuals in the vehicle that I had never met before, I did not know if they had anything illegal on them. For this reason, I told the officer he could not search my vehicle.
Within a minute or two... they entered the vehicle and begin searching through everything. He even opened the glove box in between my two seats and found my Blackhawk Serpa holster.
The cops were not rude or disrespectful, but they told me that the two individuals with us were "known drug dealers." But we did nothing illegal by giving them a ride down the block... so why should we be stopped, disarmed, and searched (without permission) just because those individuals happened to be in my car (no drugs or anything!).
Long story short... I told them they couldn't search my car, and they did it anyway. Did they break the law? After they found that the two individuals had nothing on them, they just let them (and us) leave... and no citations were issued.