Tuesday, May 17, 2005
 
Admission
From a story about how forfeiture laws are providing a windfall for small towns, we have this admission:
    A police officer, aided by a drug-sniffing German shepherd named Bella, parks his cruiser on the side of the expressway three or four days a week, looking for any vehicle that seems suspicious — a broken taillight, an expired license plate or simply a car that changes lanes excessively.

    That is all it takes to pull over someone who might be a drug courier. If the officer is lucky, he confiscates not only drugs but bundles of money.
Keep this in mind when your state legislature wants to add primary offenses such as seatbelt laws or cellphone use laws that allow police to pull you over for smaller and smaller reasons: they're making it easier for the police to use you as a lottery ticket.


- posted by Brian J. @ 7:12 AM
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