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Alright so here's the story:Me and my friends/band played a gig last night at a private harvest party. There were literally salad bowls full of pot, just up for grabs, so we ended up taking like 5 grams or so. Earlier today we were driving back to our college town, through some random small town in upstate NY. My car is covered in phish/dead/moe/etc. bumper stickers, and my friends and I just look like typical college potheads. There was a state trooper behind us at a red light, and I'm under the belief that I was profiled, and they ran my plates.
My inspection is expired, so they pulled me over. After the typical bullshit, "license, registration. Do you know why we stopped you?" The cop mentioned an odor of pot.
We stayed calm, said we didnt have anything, and politely declined consent to search, assuring the officer that we respect his position in law enforcement, but chose to express our rights.
To be honest we had a few bowls in the car, one of them packed, and like at least a half ounce of dank. We were pretty damn nervous..... After a few minutes of light conversation, and insisting that we weren't hiding anything, the cop seamed to believe us, for whatever reason, I'm not sure. He was even saying how he's trained to detect lies and nervousness and has been doing it for 15 years. So I guess we're pretty good actors. Hahahahah
I received a ticket for the expired inspection, and as the cop told us to leave, the last thing he said was "I know there's at least a pipe in there, so settle that amongst yourselves." Then he left.
Now, I'm convinced he actually didn't smell anything, and that's why he never actually searched us. I think we were totally profiled as hippy potheads. (We totally are tho). But damn, "to serve and protect" is a bunch of bullshit. More like seek and destroy.
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sounds like the fuzz wasn't abusing his power...would have searched u if he was profiling. consider yourself protected by someone who follows the constituion. Also kudos to you for protecting your rights
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Well just count yourself lucky you didnt get a fascist "love the law" prick.
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GET SOBER AND OBEY THE LAW HIPPY
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@Phaster said: sounds like the fuzz wasn't abusing his power...would have searched u if he was profiling. consider yourself protected by someone who follows the constituion. Also kudos to you for protecting your rights
Exactly. The cop was actually really chill. He didn't abuse his power. He didn't try to intimidate us. And he gave us a chance to explain ourselves, and actually listened and valued what we had to say... Kinda gave me a little faith that the system isn't totally screwed. Ok I take it back, maybe I wasn't profiled.. He was just doing his job, and I was breaking the law. Lol
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@WGphan92 said:
Now I'm going to put some water in my little bong and enjoy more football. f***ing hippies.
@Phaster said:Exactly. You were breaking the law, then lied to a cop. You probably shouldn't make this thread about what's fair or your rights because it seems hypocritical.sounds like the fuzz wasn't abusing his power...would have searched u if he was profiling. consider yourself protected by someone who follows the constituion. Also kudos to you for protecting your rights
Exactly. The cop was actually really chill. He didn't abuse his power. He didn't try to intimidate us. And he gave us a chance to explain ourselves, and actually listened and valued what we had to say... Kinda gave me a little faith that the system isn't totally screwed. Ok I take it back, maybe I wasn't profiled.. He was just doing his job, and I was breaking the law. Lol
Now I'm going to put some water in my little bong and enjoy more football. f***ing hippies.
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Why are you driving around with illegals if you're shit is expired? Sounds kind of dumb to me.
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@MiguelSanchez said: Why are you driving around with illegals if you're shit is expired? Sounds kind of dumb to me.
Yes yes I know. Hypocritical. I was totally I in the wrong and just got lucky. Definitely an eye opener, as I don't plan on driving around with bud anymore. I wasn't thinking. I had to drive. There wasn't another option. I'm young and stupid. No other excuses for it.
Getting my shit inspected this week hopefully.
Some time has passed now and I shouldn't have written this thread in the manner that I did.
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@WGphan92 said: @MiguelSanchez said:Oh yeah, just saying...Why are you driving around with illegals if you're shit is expired? Sounds kind of dumb to me.
Yes yes I know. Hypocritical. I was totally I in the wrong and just got lucky. Definitely an eye opener, as I don't plan on driving around with bud anymore. I wasn't thinking. I had to drive. There wasn't another option. I'm young and stupid. No other excuses for it.
Getting my shit inspected this week hopefully.
Some time has passed now and I shouldn't have written this thread in the manner that I did.
"This isn't 'nam. There are rules."
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@WGphan92 said: @MiguelSanchez said:Yeah, nothing like announcing your guilt to the internet. You should be safe though, unless any of the coppers are .netters in your town - ha ha!Why are you driving around with illegals if you're shit is expired? Sounds kind of dumb to me.
Yes yes I know. Hypocritical. I was totally I in the wrong and just got lucky. Definitely an eye opener, as I don't plan on driving around with bud anymore. I wasn't thinking. I had to drive. There wasn't another option. I'm young and stupid. No other excuses for it.
Getting my shit inspected this week hopefully.
Some time has passed now and I shouldn't have written this thread in the manner that I did.
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Maybe a money maker. Sounds like dude was telling you that he could f*** with you, but because you were cool he was cool.
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And I only lied to give myself the benefit of the doubt. If he was gonna search, he would've, whether I gave consent or not, because he did have probable cause. If I admitted to having a pipe, that would have opened the door for them to tear my car apart and find whatever else we had. My best friend and band mate would've been arrested for sure, then subsequently would've been thrown out of school. I did everything in my power to not let that happen, given the circumstances of the situation. And it all happened so fast, there was no way to prepare ourselves for it. Overall, we handled it the best we could.It all works out. I'm just a little freaked out
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Salad bowls full of pot up for grabs and you only took 5 grams. Id of taken 10 times that much.
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@PhishDicks said: Salad bowls full of pot up for grabs and you only took 5 grams. Id off taken 10 times that much.
Believe me, I wanted to. But, etiquette man, etiquette.
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You dont have to apologize dude, no one is above lying esp. to the fuzz.
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@BernardShakey said: You dont have to apologize dude, no one is above lying esp. to the fuzz.This is true
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Titty sprinkles!
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Im confused. So you are thankful the cop was cool or are pissed that you were "profiled"? Sounds like this is the exact opposite situation as the f*** the police thread that recently popped up.If that cop wasn't one if the good ones then I don't know who is.
OP, seek and destroy?? Give me a f***ing break.
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How is it profiling if your registration was expired?Smelling pot in the car is probable cause. No matter how subjective that is.
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^Thought you might show up and defend LE after that thread the other day, haha. Yeah there are much better examples of "seek and destroy" it's prevalent in our countries history and to a degree still around, but it sounds like OP got a comparatively laid back cop.
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I wrote this thread right after it happened so i was still all hyped up and may have come off as pissed at the cops. I've been assessing the situation all night and I realize that I'm actually glad that they were cool with the situation. We respected their authority, politely, (although lying), and they respected us enough to let us slide.Major lesson learned today. Time to grow up a little bit and quit being such a dingus.
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@MiguelSanchez said: @WGphan92 said:Damn you Smokey.@MiguelSanchez said:Oh yeah, just saying...Why are you driving around with illegals if you're shit is expired? Sounds kind of dumb to me.
Yes yes I know. Hypocritical. I was totally I in the wrong and just got lucky. Definitely an eye opener, as I don't plan on driving around with bud anymore. I wasn't thinking. I had to drive. There wasn't another option. I'm young and stupid. No other excuses for it.
Getting my shit inspected this week hopefully.
Some time has passed now and I shouldn't have written this thread in the manner that I did.
"This isn't 'nam. There are rules."
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If one is to ride dirty, be smart. No expired inspection/emission/registration stickers, no warrants for whoever the car is registered to, no lights out at all, wear your seatbelt, use your turn signals, don't go more than 5 over, get the stickers off of your ride, put it in a mason jar (odor blocker) and use visine.Don't let some overlooking of a letter with a sticker in it get you busted.
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Take the stickers off your car. Idc how much you love phish/moe/GD by putting stickers like that on your car you are putting a target on yourself. If you don't want to be profiled stop doing all the work for the police.
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I call that low hanging fruit. Expired tags is a no brainer....you were making it too easy for them. I see it in the local police report all the time. Pulled over for lack of registration and whammo.
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Lets recap: you had expired tags, got pulled over for having expired tags, and got a ticket for having expired tags. 
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@MiguelSanchez said: Why are you driving around with illegals if you're shit is expired? Sounds kind of dumb to me.^^^this^^^
I never carry contraband anywhere other than the trunk. I also do not have a single sticker on my car. Profiling happens every day so I my goal is to always blend in when driving
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@tripsforjoeg said: Lets recap: you had expired tags, got pulled over for having expired tags, and got a ticket for having expired tags. http://i.imgur.com/xxGws.jpgCool picture, bra! Funniest one I've seen in a while!
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I steal all funny pictures to use as my own.
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Thanks for all the advice guys. I'm definitely watching my actions on the road more carefully now. Time to just keep some of my hobbies restricted to the privacy of my own home. Lol Stickers are coming off the car too. At least most of them. And I just set up an appointment to get my shit inspected and actually road legal. Lol hopefully no more riding dirty for this guy. Lol
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@WGphan92 You are in Upstate NY right? In high school we got pulled over on the way to the Allman's at SPAC. The idiot driving was speeding. We were smoking in the car and drinking too. They searched, found the empties and the pot. Asked who's the pot was. Then threw our empty beers into the woods, and confiscated the ones still in the cooler. Then let us go saying, "It would be un-American of you boys to not drink before and Allman Bros show." No joke.We got tickets for underage alcohol possession. Weed was still in the car.
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@Jimmymac03 said: @WGphan92 You are in Upstate NY right? In high school we got pulled over on the way to the Allman's at SPAC. The idiot driving was speeding. We were smoking in the car and drinking too. They searched, found the empties and the pot. Asked who's the pot was. Then threw our empty beers into the woods, and confiscated the ones still in the cooler. Then let us go saying, "It would be un-American of you boys to not drink before and Allman Bros show." No joke.Man Cops are such pig assholes! I can't believe they threw your empties in the woods and took your weed. Im sooo sick of the opprssive ways of law enforcement.
We got tickets for underage alcohol possession. Weed was still in the car.
::hopes sarcasm is obvious::
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@Jayem said: Man Cops are such pig assholes! I can't believe they threw your empties in the woods and took your weed. Im sooo sick of the opprssive ways of law enforcement.Best. Cops. Ever.
::hopes sarcasm is obvious::
Also, most cops are actually good people. As with any group you will get some dip shits that ruin it for everyone else.
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@Jimmymac03 yeah im from upstate. We played a show just north of Watkins Glen, up on seneca lake. We were driving back to college, about a 2 hour drive east from there. We got stopped on rt. 206, in a small town north of Binghamton. I've actually been stopped a number of times all around upstate/western NY and have never had any trouble other than minor traffic violations, in not, just warnings. Cops here a pretty cool I guess for the most part. state Troopers especially. Town cops and county sherrifs are another story tho
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@WGphan92 said: But damn, "to serve and protect" is a bunch of bullshit. More like seek and destroy.Odd, your story completely doesn't match this conclusion. Like, at all.
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@tmwsiy said: @WGphan92 said:But damn, "to serve and protect" is a bunch of bullshit. More like seek and destroy.Odd, your story completely doesn't match this conclusion. Like, at all.
Yeah I know. Apparently I'm still learning to think before I type. Hahahah
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@WGphan92 said: Thanks for all the advice guys. I'm definitely watching my actions on the road more carefully now. Time to just keep some of my hobbies restricted to the privacy of my own home. LolOn the road to becoming a responsible adult. I'd go with taking off all the stickers though.
Stickers are coming off the car too. At least most of them. And I just set up an appointment to get my shit inspected and actually road legal. Lol hopefully no more riding dirty for this guy. Lol
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@standarsh said: @WGphan92 said:Thanks for all the advice guys. I'm definitely watching my actions on the road more carefully now. Time to just keep some of my hobbies restricted to the privacy of my own home. LolOn the road to becoming a responsible adult. I'd go with taking off all the stickers though.
Stickers are coming off the car too. At least most of them. And I just set up an appointment to get my shit inspected and actually road legal. Lol hopefully no more riding dirty for this guy. Lol
Any easy tips on bumper sticker removal?? It hasn't been an easy feat
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Razor blades and rubbing alcohol. Steel wool brush too
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@WGphan92 said: @standarsh said:A nice, fresh razor blade and goo-gone.@WGphan92 said:Thanks for all the advice guys. I'm definitely watching my actions on the road more carefully now. Time to just keep some of my hobbies restricted to the privacy of my own home. LolOn the road to becoming a responsible adult. I'd go with taking off all the stickers though.
Stickers are coming off the car too. At least most of them. And I just set up an appointment to get my shit inspected and actually road legal. Lol hopefully no more riding dirty for this guy. Lol
Any easy tips on bumper sticker removal?? It hasn't been an easy feat
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My kids are also at the age where they think they can do no wrong and everything is the fault of someone else.
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@WGphan92 said: @standarsh said:Magic eraser with all purpose cleaner@WGphan92 said:Thanks for all the advice guys. I'm definitely watching my actions on the road more carefully now. Time to just keep some of my hobbies restricted to the privacy of my own home. LolOn the road to becoming a responsible adult. I'd go with taking off all the stickers though.
Stickers are coming off the car too. At least most of them. And I just set up an appointment to get my shit inspected and actually road legal. Lol hopefully no more riding dirty for this guy. Lol
Any easy tips on bumper sticker removal?? It hasn't been an easy feat
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@WGphan92 said: as the cop told us to leave, the last thing he said was "I know there's at least a pipe in there, so settle that amongst yourselves." Then he left.seems like an odd thing to say. i hope you guys eventually "settled" that pipe.
regardless, you and the rest of the gang in the Mystery Machine got very lucky.
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