everything is “grabbable” when he is sitting in my front seat of my car, don’t believe me? I’m sure I could find a hair or two of his in my front seat.
JayS, Like I said, I wasn’t exaggerating, they made physical contact with me that I felt was unnecessary.
I didn’t “hire” a lawyer, she is a good family friend and always helps me out.
I think I have a pretty good chance of filing a lawsuit and winning, but I won’t even bother, even if they have a dash cam, it was night time and it was snowing. And plus, I don’t plan on moving out of the southtowns anytime soon so I don’t need to be hassled anymore than I already am.
I just hope I can give my story to the judge and tell him that I felt that my rights were violated. And hopefully he thinks I have been “punished” enough by the actions of the officers and lowers my 2 REAL crimes to petty fines.
But I am also afraid that the officers will catch wind of what I say in court and have it out for me
FYI:Amendment 4 - Search and Seizure. Ratified 12/15/1791.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
( i cannot find the exact wording,the site is down, but I remember reading it before)
The NYS veh/traffic laws state that an officer MAY search your car if he has reason to believe that there is drugs or a weapon in my car. But otherwise he cannot unless power is given by a higher power
In my case, one of the officers already knew who I was, they both looked in my windows and I have nothing in my car besides some empty water bottles and books. But he still insisted on entering my vehicle and searching in CLOSED compartments.