TylerNettlebeck
Junior Member
Pulled over for "DIM" taillight, got a paraphenalia ticket
California:
The [real] reason he pulled me over:
I went to a friends house. He didn't answer his door, but he was sopposed to be home. I was going to be there at 4, but due to LA traffic, I got there at 4:30. I walked back out of the apartments to look in the parking lot for his truck. Just as I walked out the front gate to go to the parking lot, a cop drives up. I was a little paranoid because I had my bong, in its carrying case strapped ti my back. He pauses at the stop sign long enough for me to walk by him. I turn the corner and enter the parking lot. He circles around, and parks at the end of this street.
At this point I went to my car. The way I was leaving was away from the cop was not suspicious, cause the parking spot pointed the other way. I drive around the block only to find that there is construction, and I have to turn around. There is no way out, execpt for past the cop, who is still chillin on the side of the road. 2 cars drive by him before I do. He pulls out behind me.
The speed limit is 25 and I was making a point to do 24. I stopped at the crosswalk and let 3 bicycles cross, and even waited till they were fully off the street. 24 mph again. He followed me for roughly 1 mile. Just as I start to turn onto the on ramp to 101-N his lights come on.
DIM TAIL LIGHT MY ASS!!! It was sunny as hell, and I doubt he could even see them.
When he approached my car he was very stand off-ish. He asked for my info and all that good stuff. I didn't have my license or insurance, but I gave him my registration, and recitted all the info to him. He didn't tell me why he pulled me over, so I asked.
"Well, you back light looks like it is out. Well, it is dim."
He walked back to his car and another cop pulls up. The first cop asked me if there is anything in my car he should know about. I say no.
He asked me to get out of the car and go and talk to the other cop. He started searching my car. He went through everything. Sure I had a huge water bong and a pipe in my car, but none were in plain view. The bong was on my passenger seat, but it was in a padded bag and was not recognizable. He also found some weed crumbs inside my zipped CD case. Poped my trunk and searched there too. The only place he asked to search was under my hood.
After he took my bong out of the bag we talked about it and I admitted what it was, although the bong was CLEAN. he even said that if it didn't smell it was fine. it didn't have ANY grime or anything. the bowl piece was dirty so he took the whole thing. Over $550 in value.
The officer endded up giving me a sitation for no DL and no proof in Insurace. Oh and a drug paraphanelia missdimeanor.
I have a court date in a while. I will get the DL and insurance dropped, but what about the paraphernalia charge? He searched without any probible cause. He could have put his entire head in my car and never would have known it was there. here is the key, he even told me that when he say me walking, he thought it was a sleeping bag on my back, not a bong in a bag. So why did he search my car if my tail light was dim?
California:
The [real] reason he pulled me over:
I went to a friends house. He didn't answer his door, but he was sopposed to be home. I was going to be there at 4, but due to LA traffic, I got there at 4:30. I walked back out of the apartments to look in the parking lot for his truck. Just as I walked out the front gate to go to the parking lot, a cop drives up. I was a little paranoid because I had my bong, in its carrying case strapped ti my back. He pauses at the stop sign long enough for me to walk by him. I turn the corner and enter the parking lot. He circles around, and parks at the end of this street.
At this point I went to my car. The way I was leaving was away from the cop was not suspicious, cause the parking spot pointed the other way. I drive around the block only to find that there is construction, and I have to turn around. There is no way out, execpt for past the cop, who is still chillin on the side of the road. 2 cars drive by him before I do. He pulls out behind me.
The speed limit is 25 and I was making a point to do 24. I stopped at the crosswalk and let 3 bicycles cross, and even waited till they were fully off the street. 24 mph again. He followed me for roughly 1 mile. Just as I start to turn onto the on ramp to 101-N his lights come on.
DIM TAIL LIGHT MY ASS!!! It was sunny as hell, and I doubt he could even see them.
When he approached my car he was very stand off-ish. He asked for my info and all that good stuff. I didn't have my license or insurance, but I gave him my registration, and recitted all the info to him. He didn't tell me why he pulled me over, so I asked.
"Well, you back light looks like it is out. Well, it is dim."
He walked back to his car and another cop pulls up. The first cop asked me if there is anything in my car he should know about. I say no.
He asked me to get out of the car and go and talk to the other cop. He started searching my car. He went through everything. Sure I had a huge water bong and a pipe in my car, but none were in plain view. The bong was on my passenger seat, but it was in a padded bag and was not recognizable. He also found some weed crumbs inside my zipped CD case. Poped my trunk and searched there too. The only place he asked to search was under my hood.
After he took my bong out of the bag we talked about it and I admitted what it was, although the bong was CLEAN. he even said that if it didn't smell it was fine. it didn't have ANY grime or anything. the bowl piece was dirty so he took the whole thing. Over $550 in value.
The officer endded up giving me a sitation for no DL and no proof in Insurace. Oh and a drug paraphanelia missdimeanor.
I have a court date in a while. I will get the DL and insurance dropped, but what about the paraphernalia charge? He searched without any probible cause. He could have put his entire head in my car and never would have known it was there. here is the key, he even told me that when he say me walking, he thought it was a sleeping bag on my back, not a bong in a bag. So why did he search my car if my tail light was dim?
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