Police harassment/profiling?

[ProToker0622]

Okay, so a friend of mine who has never been caught with weed, has been having problems with the police lately. In the past year he has been pulled over 50+ times (i know that sounds like an exaggeration, but in all seriousness, most of these have been witnessed by me or other friends of ours.) He is african american and does smoke marijuana but like i said, has never been caught. I am wondering if there are any legal actions that he can/should take. He went in to the police department the other day to talk to them about it, and when they pulled up his records, it only showed up that they have stopped him 5 (five) times.(Out of the 50 times he actually has been pulled over, including the 5 that were recorded, he has not been issued a single ticket, nor was he given a legitamite reason for being pulled over.) I also thought it was mandatory that whenever the police pull you over, that they must record it. (This is true in San Francisco however im not sure if it is here in the Raliegh metro area of NC.) He is extremely fed up with this seeing to the fact that he gets pulled over literally almost every other day. I was with him one day when he got pulled over three times, doing nothing wrong. Undercovers are also commonly seen sitting outside of his neighborhood and driving through his neighborhood. I am looking to help him out and he is also thinking about getting an attorney. Any advice is much welcome. Thanks and peace. :hippy:

ProToker0622 Reviewed by ProToker0622 on 04-15-2007. Police harassment/profiling? Okay, so a friend of mine who has never been caught with weed, has been having problems with the police lately. In the past year he has been pulled over 50+ times (i know that sounds like an exaggeration, but in all seriousness, most of these have been witnessed by me or other friends of ours.) He is african american and does smoke marijuana but like i said, has never been caught. I am wondering if there are any legal actions that he can/should take. He went in to the police department the Rating: 5

[JOINTMASTER5]

shoot the fucking cop

[JOINTMASTER5]

thats only my opinion, im the type thats sick of all the bullshit, ever since i got sick of all tthe bullshit and started "canceling it out" no bullshit has come down my alley in a LONGGGGG time

[higher4hockey]

what exactly is the reasoning your friend gives these coppers for pulling him over all the time. ... ? theres gotta to be some reason they do this...

[twentysac]

any of his friends or dealers get busted? is he dealing? i live in NC, sure its the south and some people don't like black people. but hes far from the only black guy around raleigh. maybe you should rethink riding with this guy. sounds like the cops got some info and think its true.

[ProToker0622]

The only possibility is if he sold to someone who then got caught and ratted him out. However he hardly ever deals. And even so, could they do what they are doing, to the extent that they are doing it?

[JOINTMASTER5]

one day, i was arrested, for nothing, and before that i was harrased daily by police, i was only 15 years old, they cuffed me, kicked me, pulled my cheeks, started talkin alot of shit, started talking bad bout my friends tho they didnt know them, called me a crackhead good fornothing that shuld just join the army and die in iraq to put my mother out of her misery, etc. i will never put myself ina situation of getting arrested, id rather die....bam bam, fuk the police

[ProToker0622]

Well the reason he has never been caught is because, he/we never ride dirty. He is extremely smart when it comes to keeping things on the down low. And damn to that last post, is that not police brutality?

[JOINTMASTER5]

i know for a fact they were all on cocaine

[twentysac]

guys. i know this sounds stupid and shit, but its a very rare case that a cop would waste that much time on somebody that they didn't have something on. i mean. it comes down to simple logic really. it cost money to devote time and units to watching a specific person. even in a small town the resources are just not there to devote. come on people get smart to it. if you think the cops are watching you all the time you might wanna put your ear to the ground and see if you can find out if anybody recently took a bust. as much as alot of people hate the cops its just irrational to think that you are just being picked on. cops are alot smarter than you think. remember that time that you rolled through that licence/booze it and loose it check point after just hot boxing the car (anyone who has been a stoner for very long at all has probably had this experiance) and they let you go? its not because you played it cool and fooled them. more than likley they just said fuck it we got bigger fish to fry. look at it this way. take the person that you hate the most in this world. would you follow them around all the time just to bug them? doubt it. to much time and effort