JoeSparky
Centurion
There was a thread started and closed before I found it. Basically, another poster provided a scenero where a lawful vehicle stop had been initiated and the officer "ordered" the driver out of the vehicle for the lofty reason of "officer safety" then proceeds to search the car. He then asked for state level cites as to an arrestable offense the officer could be arrest.
Comments with no importance to be placed on sequence of posting:
First, no mention was made as to whether this search was a consent based search. And if done WITHOUT consent of the driver and without warrant it was a violation of the driver's rights.
Second, Why jump to the need to find an "arrestable" crime? Would not a "good" constitution friendly officer witnessing these UNCONSTITUTIONAL actions simply let the offending officer know that he was violating the rights of a person? Would not a "good" officer who had UNINTENTIONALLY violated the rights of another STOP the unconstitutional act upon being told so by another officer?
Third: I view the continued violation of ones rights by another to be an action that MUST be answered for. We as citizens and residents within the confines of the United States of America do have the Constitutional right to seek redress for grievances. For another sworn officer to view or witness the violation of the rights of another WITHOUT intervention does make the witness and the offending officer "Bad" officers.
Grapeshot: my apologies but I just had to say this. Any penalties to be imposed for this will be accepted without complaint!
Comments with no importance to be placed on sequence of posting:
First, no mention was made as to whether this search was a consent based search. And if done WITHOUT consent of the driver and without warrant it was a violation of the driver's rights.
Second, Why jump to the need to find an "arrestable" crime? Would not a "good" constitution friendly officer witnessing these UNCONSTITUTIONAL actions simply let the offending officer know that he was violating the rights of a person? Would not a "good" officer who had UNINTENTIONALLY violated the rights of another STOP the unconstitutional act upon being told so by another officer?
Third: I view the continued violation of ones rights by another to be an action that MUST be answered for. We as citizens and residents within the confines of the United States of America do have the Constitutional right to seek redress for grievances. For another sworn officer to view or witness the violation of the rights of another WITHOUT intervention does make the witness and the offending officer "Bad" officers.
Grapeshot: my apologies but I just had to say this. Any penalties to be imposed for this will be accepted without complaint!