You're brown, are you a citizen?
You're black in a white neighborhood, why are you here?
You're white in a black neighborhood, why are you here?
You have a nice car in a poor neighborhood, why are you here?
You seem nervous, and agitated, what are you hiding?
Why are you out at this time?
Where are you driving from?
Where are you driving to?
Where do you work?
How much cash are you carrying?
This will only take a few minutes, and then you can be on your way. why make this difficult?
I don't recognize you, you live around here?
Are those your children?
Do you own, or have any firearms?
Do you own a home, or rent?
This is a high crime area, are you a criminal?
You got anything I should know about?
Had anything to drink today?
I pulled you over last year, remember me? (just so you know, THIS was used as probable cause against me, orange gtx 440 6pak loved that car,- but)
Everyone so far has been cooperative, why are you hesitant?
To ensure my safety, mind if I search you?
Do you have receipts for those items?
BTW, on that last one, I found out the hard way that a cop *CAN* take anything in your car that you do not have a receipt for on you!
All of the questions above are designed to incriminate, establish, and escalate. Without probable cause, reasonable suspicion, or a warrant it's nobodies business! Even if they find nothing *THIS* time, they take great joy in making you step,and fetch. An attractive lady friend of mine was searched weekly for illegal aliens at a border patrol checkpoint while driving her flatbed pickup. I told her to dress a bit more frumpy :biggrin: