What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? California
I'm helping a friend of mine with this.
He was driving the speed limit, all legit and everything. Tags in order, etc.. At about 1am, he was pulled over and given a field sobriety test, but he hadn't been drinking. The cop was rough, he said, trying to get him on drunk driving. But he never drives if he's been drinking that day. Maybe some cops think young men with a bunch of tats, piercings, and plugs, are a bunch of drunk driving idiots or something. Well, he's not one of those.
She checked the car over, checked registration, it all turned out fine. She focused on his license.
He had a suspended license prior to that, but it was reinstated. He had all the paperwork from the DMV verifying that. But the cop decided to write him up on suspended license anyway. The only citation on the ticket is a 12500.
She had a rookie cop with her. Speculation usually mean nothing, but he thinks she might have been trying to impress the rookie. (We live in an area where the cops really don't have much to do due to such a low crime rate.)
So he was pulled over without cause, driving within the speed limit, all lights in order, tags current, insured, and licensed. Yet he was ticketed for being unlicensed.
What recourse does he have here? Surely cops must have a valid reason to pull someone over, and a valid reason to ticket someone. Surely cops can't get away with abusing their authority like this?
I'm helping a friend of mine with this.
He was driving the speed limit, all legit and everything. Tags in order, etc.. At about 1am, he was pulled over and given a field sobriety test, but he hadn't been drinking. The cop was rough, he said, trying to get him on drunk driving. But he never drives if he's been drinking that day. Maybe some cops think young men with a bunch of tats, piercings, and plugs, are a bunch of drunk driving idiots or something. Well, he's not one of those.
She checked the car over, checked registration, it all turned out fine. She focused on his license.
He had a suspended license prior to that, but it was reinstated. He had all the paperwork from the DMV verifying that. But the cop decided to write him up on suspended license anyway. The only citation on the ticket is a 12500.
She had a rookie cop with her. Speculation usually mean nothing, but he thinks she might have been trying to impress the rookie. (We live in an area where the cops really don't have much to do due to such a low crime rate.)
So he was pulled over without cause, driving within the speed limit, all lights in order, tags current, insured, and licensed. Yet he was ticketed for being unlicensed.
What recourse does he have here? Surely cops must have a valid reason to pull someone over, and a valid reason to ticket someone. Surely cops can't get away with abusing their authority like this?