# Cops Vs. World **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 22, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cops-vs-world/236148 "2008-03-22T15:14:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 185
**Author:** ![silverandslow1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@silverandslow1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/silverandslow1)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cops-vs-world/236148/185 "2009-03-30T15:26:05Z")
> [@My daughter found the Digital Camera](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-daughter-found-the-digital-camera/2048/8): > > Hey this is Thornton… most of you on here know me some probably don’t. This thread is about me getting some problems together everybody has had with the Colonie Police. Today March the 22nd i was pulled over for having a cross hanging from my mirror. I know I was wrong for my license being suspended, but the problem I’m having is how they go about business. They cannot “legally” pull you over for having a suspended license, they have to have a reason for pulling you over and then find out. but all the police in the Colonie area are known for running your license finding out your suspended and then pulling you over for in my instance obstruction of view. I was then hand-cuffed put in a patrol car and then he searched my car without permission. Illegal search without a warrant is what its called. So i’m petitioning the town of colonie. This is not something i’m taking lightly, i have been going through this for about 3 years the on going profiling and pulling me over for no reason writing tickets. Today has been the last day for dealing with it… I’m going to file a civil suit and have my lawyer take care of this. Sorry this is so old but, you’re wrong. This is exactly like saying, if an officer checks a plate and it comes back that the owner is wanted for burglary. Are you suggesting that the officer can’t/shouldn’t pull the car over under reasonable suspicion that perhaps the owner of the car is driving just to make sure? Furthermore, IF legally he couldn’t pull you over for reasonable suspicion(which he/she can) then finding a legitimate offense is a perfectly acceptable way to get the car pulled over. which it sounds like he did becuase he pulled you over originally for obstruction on your mirror. It seems like your saying its invasion of privacy to check your license plate for soemthing wrong. Which is probably the most common thing ever considering theres automatic plate readers nowt hat do it to every car while its turned on. So, I guess I’m asking, should he have just let a suspended driver go without pulling him? Solution for the future : Don’t drive on a suspended license while doing something that is illegal such as having a cross hanging from your mirror. Don’t blame police for your misinformation, and bad judgement. PS: I didn’t read the rest of the thread but the start was so absurd I had to laugh a little and respond. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cops-vs-world/236148)._