What is the name of your state? Wisconsin
OK, this is my situation, hopefully i can get some good input. I got a call from a friend saying that he needed a ride home from work. Naturally, i hopped in my chevy POS and drove the 15 miles to pick him up. Just after i had gotten off of the highway i stopped at a red light on a divided road heading east bound to make a turn. There were about 4 rows of cars in 2 lanes waiting at this light. then myself behind another gentlemen in the left turn lane. The light turned green with a green arrow and all of my side of traffic entered the intersection and went whichever direction we were going and out of the corner of my vision i saw a city police car behind one other vehicle in the south bound left turn lane. I made my turn and went on down the road a bit, made a right turn to pick up my friend keeping an eye on where the police officer went (me looking young and driving a crappy car with bible verses painted on it, get some harrassment now and again). I got to where my friend works, get out of my car, go in and get him. We have a smoke outside before hopping in my hot car. This probably took approx. 12-15 minutes. We get in my car and and start to drive home. get on the little road in front of his work, turn left onto the main road, go for about 150 ft, then what do you know, flashing red and blues from nowhere. The police officer is acting like a major jerk, looks about maybe 4 or 5 years older than me. Me, being a salesman, am very nice and cooperative. He tell me and my friend to both fork over our licenses and wait there and tells us as we start to light up a smoke that we cant light our cigarettes (us being 2 pack a day smokers in the middle of a stressful cituation were very frustrated with this). The cop gets back and hands me 2 tickets and my friend one. He said there was a problem with my registration (i had not but a month ago fought a ticket and won for this same charge in the same county) i told him and showed him my documentation from the Assistant DA and he said "Well, take it up in court and call someone to come pick each of you up". My friend is fuming and i ask him what he got a ticket for. He showed me a ticket for driving after revocation even though he wasnt in the driver's seat and wasnt driving. I asked the police officer why he had written my friend a ticket, and he didnt answer. By then, another officer had shown up and Cop A asks us to get out of the vehicle and stand on the sidewalk. Cop A then searched my car with my permission while Cop B stood next to us on the sidewalk. Cop A through the garbage in my car all over the place then said well, i didnt find anything illegal in here, then allowed my friend that i had called to get in my car and drive us home.
Now here are my questions about this...
1) Why did he pick my car out of all the others at that intersection to pull over then drive up and down the street waiting for me, was this an example of profiling because i was driving a christian car that looked like crap and i myself looked young?
2) Why did he give my friend in the car with me a ticket, and was that legal?
3) Should he have given me the tickets he did when i presented him proof that he was wrong?
OK, this is my situation, hopefully i can get some good input. I got a call from a friend saying that he needed a ride home from work. Naturally, i hopped in my chevy POS and drove the 15 miles to pick him up. Just after i had gotten off of the highway i stopped at a red light on a divided road heading east bound to make a turn. There were about 4 rows of cars in 2 lanes waiting at this light. then myself behind another gentlemen in the left turn lane. The light turned green with a green arrow and all of my side of traffic entered the intersection and went whichever direction we were going and out of the corner of my vision i saw a city police car behind one other vehicle in the south bound left turn lane. I made my turn and went on down the road a bit, made a right turn to pick up my friend keeping an eye on where the police officer went (me looking young and driving a crappy car with bible verses painted on it, get some harrassment now and again). I got to where my friend works, get out of my car, go in and get him. We have a smoke outside before hopping in my hot car. This probably took approx. 12-15 minutes. We get in my car and and start to drive home. get on the little road in front of his work, turn left onto the main road, go for about 150 ft, then what do you know, flashing red and blues from nowhere. The police officer is acting like a major jerk, looks about maybe 4 or 5 years older than me. Me, being a salesman, am very nice and cooperative. He tell me and my friend to both fork over our licenses and wait there and tells us as we start to light up a smoke that we cant light our cigarettes (us being 2 pack a day smokers in the middle of a stressful cituation were very frustrated with this). The cop gets back and hands me 2 tickets and my friend one. He said there was a problem with my registration (i had not but a month ago fought a ticket and won for this same charge in the same county) i told him and showed him my documentation from the Assistant DA and he said "Well, take it up in court and call someone to come pick each of you up". My friend is fuming and i ask him what he got a ticket for. He showed me a ticket for driving after revocation even though he wasnt in the driver's seat and wasnt driving. I asked the police officer why he had written my friend a ticket, and he didnt answer. By then, another officer had shown up and Cop A asks us to get out of the vehicle and stand on the sidewalk. Cop A then searched my car with my permission while Cop B stood next to us on the sidewalk. Cop A through the garbage in my car all over the place then said well, i didnt find anything illegal in here, then allowed my friend that i had called to get in my car and drive us home.
Now here are my questions about this...
1) Why did he pick my car out of all the others at that intersection to pull over then drive up and down the street waiting for me, was this an example of profiling because i was driving a christian car that looked like crap and i myself looked young?
2) Why did he give my friend in the car with me a ticket, and was that legal?
3) Should he have given me the tickets he did when i presented him proof that he was wrong?