Quote Originally Posted by heavymetal
they don't have a right to search you....if they want to search me i'll ask "for what reason?"....if they can't give a good one or one for probable cause..i'll just refuse...they can't search a person just for the hell of it...not me anyway...Bizarre Times on Richmond is pretty good also

Yeah that's true in theory HM. They have to have a reason to search. And like you, I'd go balls out and demand a reason, but I'm not as confident that the cop and I will see eye-to-eye on the criteria for what constitutes probable cause.

Officer says you smell like weed? Good luck arguing that you didn't later in court. "You're honor, the marijuanna in my clients posession would never have been found had Officer Johnson not made up the fact that he smelled like weed." Of course that very argument is heard in courts on a daily basis, but I'd rather not depend on the judge seeing the (however legit) logic that despite the fact I was guilty, I was busted illegally b.c. I really didn't smell like weed. The cop was just really lucky that he happened to imagine smelling weed on someone who just happened to have weed.

Our rights, for sure; I just feel safer doing that type of shopping with an empty pocket (weedwise). I fully concur with your message regarding our rights, but in practice I'd rather not take the gamble. When it comes to my freedom, I think I'll choose my battles with this stuff. Especially when it's easy to be safe, as rare as I have to buy something from a shop. ymmv.

So is that where you are HM? Near that shop on Richmond? I'm in clear lake. The closest one to me is I45 at almeda I think.