My Car Search Experience: Probable Cause

Was thinking about that time I got pulled over by the police and had my car searched without a warrant. The stated probable cause was that I might be selling/giving alcohol to minors because I had beer cases visible in the back of the car and I was driving on a college campus where there were minors. In fact they were Bell's Two Hearted cases I got at a grocery. I just liked the boxes because of the fish on them.

The search of course involved everything being laid out on the sidewalk where I pulled over. Which was in front of my work. Everything out of my backpack, computer case, various tubs of stuff I had in the car. Then they finally asked for identification and when they learned I worked right there, they got twitchy. Yes. I had reason to be driving on the campus. Yes. They were boxes of books, papers.

So they say there has to be "probable cause". That was the stated probable cause.