@jordanlund to [email protected] • 11 months agoTwo Women Intend to Sue After Being Stopped at Gunpoint by Portland Copswww.wweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square5arrow-up123arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: thepoliceproblem
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minus-square@jordanlundOPlink8•11 months agoAlso this: “They explained that they were looking for a man who’d been evading police, and that they had been “confused” why McDonald had been driving the speed limit, Rossio says.” Look! It’s a car driving the speed limit! Better ram them off the road!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•11 months agoThe probable cause catch 22. It’s suspicious that they were driving over the speed limit, that’s probable cause for a stop It’s suspicious that they were driving under the speed limit, that’s probable cause for a stop It’s suspicious that they were driving exactly at the speed limit, that’s probable cause for a stop
Also this:
“They explained that they were looking for a man who’d been evading police, and that they had been “confused” why McDonald had been driving the speed limit, Rossio says.”
Look! It’s a car driving the speed limit! Better ram them off the road!
The probable cause catch 22.
It’s suspicious that they were driving over the speed limit, that’s probable cause for a stop
It’s suspicious that they were driving under the speed limit, that’s probable cause for a stop
It’s suspicious that they were driving exactly at the speed limit, that’s probable cause for a stop