Hi reddit, bear with me if this is pretty scattered, because this event just happened.
I recently relocated for a new job, and I make an effort every weekend to explore different parts of the city and town. My tags on my car aren't updated yet and I drive a black sports car. I feel I've been profiled so hard since my move here as this was the second time this has happened.
I honestly have been just exploring the city, and as a young man in his 20's who just relocated for his first job after college, this whole experience is just new.
I never got in trouble with the law before, so whenever I get pulled over it flares up my anxiety disorder. I start shaking, trembling, etc making me look like im hiding something when Im just an anxious guy and overwhelmed with the move.
Anyways today I checked out the casino in the city, and after my gig I went to get fried chicken around the block. it goes from a 'good/ok' area to a 'bad' ghetto area I guess. I don't really think too much of it, but cops do. I see a cop car in front of me and strangely he stops then pulls to the side. He lets me go first then I was thinking hes probably going to pull me over making up some excuse. What do you know thats exactly what he does.
He first pulls me over, not telling me why he pulled me over. The second cop comes up and also doesn't say anything just asking what I was doing. He asked if I had any drugs in my car and I said no. THIS is where he said do you mind if I search your car? I said no, but he took it as saying no I dont mind and he told me to step out the vehicle.
the first cop asked if the second one told me why I got pulled over. I said no, and he said that I was reported to have meet and greet someone and I was called in as suspicious and he accused me of making a deal or something like that. he asked If I met someone recently or talked to anyone which I declined because I was at the fried chicken store.
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Is he allowed to search my car if I say no? Or would this have made me get a ticket or something for not cooperating?
- If I said no, would he been allowed to tow my car with the probable cause that someone supposedly called me in
I know that phone in and meeting someone story was bullshit because I saw him stop and proceed to let me through after I got my meal.
The cops started groping me and patting me down in front of everyone on street. I was so nerve wracked that a coworker would see this and embarrassed.
I am naive and stupid so I didn't know my rights. I didn't break any laws or participate in a drug deal. Afterwards they told me that I was just in a bad area of town and I shouldn't be here. They are just trying to keep me safe because people here would shoot me just to drive my car (lol)
What were my rights here though? I clearly got profiled, and either my vehicle was mistaken for another or he made that story up. Next time, what can I say to just keep going? Also, what do I say so that he doesn't search my car? Could I say no.? he manipulated me by saying, if you have no drugs in your car you dont mind if we search it?
Submitted August 11, 2019 at 05:20AM by tangyjam https://ift.tt/2Z0obEU