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.
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.
