Another thread and people defending cops prompted me to dig up this little article in a SMALL town called Manteca.
Bad cops caught on tape
A lot of times, cops will do this sort of things even if you haven't commit any crimes. I remember my last incident with a couple of cops. They pulled my brother and I over. We were taking our dates home. My brother made a left turn on a green light because he didn't notice the red arrow pointing left in the center of the street. Instead of just giving us a ticket and moving on, they attempted to accuse us of throwing beer bottles out of our car.
Cop: Why did you throw this bottle out here. /*shines flashlight at a broken bottle on the ground */
Me: We didn't throw that out there.
Cop: Step out of the car please.
So I sat out there for 15mins looking like a criminal in front of every car that passed by while they interrogated me. Sucked. They finally determined that we had not been drinking. Then issued the ticket and left.
Bad cops caught on tape
A lot of times, cops will do this sort of things even if you haven't commit any crimes. I remember my last incident with a couple of cops. They pulled my brother and I over. We were taking our dates home. My brother made a left turn on a green light because he didn't notice the red arrow pointing left in the center of the street. Instead of just giving us a ticket and moving on, they attempted to accuse us of throwing beer bottles out of our car.
Cop: Why did you throw this bottle out here. /*shines flashlight at a broken bottle on the ground */
Me: We didn't throw that out there.
Cop: Step out of the car please.
So I sat out there for 15mins looking like a criminal in front of every car that passed by while they interrogated me. Sucked. They finally determined that we had not been drinking. Then issued the ticket and left.