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BlueCat
08-15-2005, 08:31 PM
How the heck does a Texas state trooper have any jurisdiction in Hope BC?

David Laing was driving on a highway near Hope, BC. He had his two year old son with him. Laing was pulled over by a Texas State Trooper who wanted to search Laingā??s car for marijuana.

Laing is a member of the Vancouver Police department and knew that the search the Texas State trooper was requesting to do is illegal under Canadian law. After refusing the search, Laing was pulled over by an RCMP officer and a Texas State Trooper. The RCMP did search his car, as well as Laingā??s two year old son.

Although the RCMP settled out of court when Laing threatened to sue for wrongful detention, they insist that Laing was searched because his eyelashes were fluttering and his eyes were flashing. Fluttering eyelashes and flashing eyes are, according to Texas State Troopers and the RCMP, signs that a subject has been smoking marijuana.

Can you believe this crap?!!

http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php/20050811085534274
Stedric
08-15-2005, 08:35 PM
What in the hell is a Texas State Trooper doing in Hope in the first place?! Hope is the Iowa of British Columbia (no offence to any Iowan board members).

This is ridiculous.
pisshead
08-15-2005, 08:41 PM
"Much more disturbing than the illegal detention and search that Laing suffered is the involvement of Texas State Troopers. Why are police from a US state with regressive drug laws, a history of questionable searches, and a reputation for brutality pulling people over for random checks in Canada? The RCMP say that the Texas cops are here to train RCMP officers in techniques to find drug traffickers. That the search techniques are illegal, the profiling criteria being used by the Texans and the RCMP questionable at best, and the idea of allowing US police to pull people over in Canada thoroughly reprehensible apparently has not occurred to the RCMP or the Canadian government."


...incredible...