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Originally Posted by CuteOldGuy
So it's ok for the police to detain you until they find out you've done something wrong. God help us. That is not America.
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The answer is: Just make sure you are not "up to no good"!
The legal answer to your "concerns" Mr. Attorney is that the police may "detain you for a reasonable amount of time (long enough to assure you are "clear" and your DL is a "valid" one) to determine whether you should be allowed to "carry on about your lawful business." A Minnesota case made it to the SCOTUS to allow the Gray Beards to extend Terry vs. Ohio to vehicle stops ... and so long as the officer is "legally" correct in making the stop he can investigate. But as you just learned the crook ain't gonna walk because the officer made an "illegal" traffic stop (whether the detective should have is another matter all together and perhaps the subject of a different kind of thread!) and discovered that the turd had "been up to no good" somewhere else also!
Rather than get hysterical about Justice Thomas rehashing existing law, Mr. Attorney, the socially helpful response, and the more professionally helpful one, Mr. Attorney, is to encourage ALL of your clients to make sure their "warrants" are not "outstanding" ... their vehicle is current with registration and inspections ... and there are no equipment violations (Ted Bundy was caught THE LAST TIME ..because of a busted tail light seen by a patrol officer in Florida) existing on their vehicle.
That way they won't LEGALLY get snatched leaving a "forbidden abode"!
Self-help on their part can save them the "expense" of appealing a minor offense to the SCOTUS ... an appropriate role of an ethical and professional attorney.
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