talking to the police: your rights

[Nochowderforyou]

Well they were sitting in a car, smoking cannabis. One, it is illegal to consume cannabis, and two, it is illegal to drive under the influence of cannabis. Which your friend was going to clearly do after he was done.

Yes, I believe they had a right to search. They smelled cannabis, which can lead them to believe there may be more inside the vehicle, which again, is illegal. He was in a car, which is illegal to drive under the influence.

Nochowderforyou Reviewed by Nochowderforyou on 09-24-2006. talking to the police: your rights whatup guys. i was checkin out erowid the other day and came across the whole bit about cops. talking to the police, your rights, what to do if your stopped, how to avoid being stopped etc. i was told a story by a friend of mine who got fucked blazing in his car the other day. what basically happened was they were parked when the police come up behind they saying through the speaking thing "we smell pot, stay in the car" they then came up to the window and said give us all your stuff, Rating: 5

[intrepidus6]

A friend and me stole my mom's car once (I was 13) and the cops pulled us over, and had dogs sniff the car... I don't know why though... but yeah, they didn't ask permission or anything... and that cop was nice! He let us go with no charges, he just made my mom promise to be mad at me or something...

[Frivolous248]

Well they were sitting in a car, smoking cannabis. One, it is illegal to consume cannabis, and two, it is illegal to drive under the influence of cannabis. Which your friend was going to clearly do after he was done.

Yes, I believe they had a right to search. They smelled cannabis, which can lead them to believe there may be more inside the vehicle, which again, is illegal. He was in a car, which is illegal to drive under the influence.

whoa whoa whoa. No, its NOT illegal to consume cannabis. Its illegal to possess it, and, if you are consuming it, you are obviously in possession of it. I've never once heard of someone being arrested for being high. Laws don't always make sense, thats why theres lots of loopholes for criminals. I plan to someday get super high, with nothin' on me, and go tell a cop I'm high as hell, just to laugh when he realizes he can't do anything because I have nothing on me.

They didn't have a right to search, watch the video.

[Fan o KmK]

Man are you new to america? Ok Fact : peds dont need to be suspicious cops can do a pat down and a bag search if u have one for no reason. now heres were we need an expert but ill say car needs warrent: consent: or they can brign a dog and that sucks. House is warrent or consent. Just had to because i recently learned they can do a pat down and bag look i think it is for no reason. althought harrassment could be an issue

Smokin n token, heavily choken, smokin a lil somethin to relieve my mind, puffin up the trees all night, smokin on kush no seeds in mine...

no man. i would say your new to america but obviously your not so im just going to say your not very well informed. cops can do a brief weapon patdown of your outer clothing for their own safety. to search a car you need to give conscent but they trick you into giving up your rights. and no, they cant bring in a dog unelss you give conscent to search but yea, house is warrant or conscnet. duno about the harassment....wait actually i think i pretty much just agreed with what you just said. weird.

[darkside]

ive seen those videos. you can watch as many videos as you want it doesnt mean shit when you're cuffed and up against a car with a cop searching your pockets without consent while you are high as fuck and tripping on shrooms. sadly in america probable cause is so poorly defined that it is usually at the cops discretion whether he wants to search you. unconstitutional-yes , unfair-yes, illegal-probably not.

[Fattie]

smelling weed is definately probably cause. They cannot do a bag search with no reason, they can do a weapons search, or a frisk, without reaching in your pockets.

[thebeancounter41]

Well they were sitting in a car, smoking cannabis. One, it is illegal to consume cannabis, and two, it is illegal to drive under the influence of cannabis. Which your friend was going to clearly do after he was done.

Yes, I believe they had a right to search. They smelled cannabis, which can lead them to believe there may be more inside the vehicle, which again, is illegal. He was in a car, which is illegal to drive under the influence.

they SMELLED it they DID NOT actually SEE any weed or this person actually SMOKING it.Smell alone is NOT probable cause (at least not in the several states I've traveled through.) Like someone said, get out of your car and LOCK THE DOORS!!!If the pig wants to search,he HAS to go get a K-9 to alert on the car or else has to be able to PLAINLY SEE contraband in the car.As in PLAIN SIGHT.Funny thing about smells, they tend to SPREAD.Just because a cop THINKS he smells weed doesnt mean it was coming from that person's car.It could be a patch of weed growing in the woods close by making the smell.(I know this from experience, there is a stretch of strip mall near my home that smells like pot 24/7 due to there being a pot patch growing in the woods somewhere near by.)Hell who knows if the cop even really knows what weed smells like.He could be smelling oregano or a few other spices that smell smilar to weed when burned.And those things are LEGAL.

[thebeancounter41]

nand no, they cant bring in a dog unelss you give conscent to search

Where the HELL did you hear that?It's utter bullshit of course.If you DONT consent to a car search , the fucking K-9 is EXACTLY what they threaten to get to gain their probable cause to search.It's perfectly legal for them to detain you long enough at the roadside for a K-9 car to get there and run the dog around the car.If the dog alerts on it,BINGO legal cause to search WITHOUT your consent.
what drugs are you on?They obviously detrimentally affect your grasp on REALITY if you think they need your consent to let a K-9 sniff around your car.

[Fan o KmK]

Where the HELL did you hear that?It's utter bullshit of course.If you DONT consent to a car search , the fucking K-9 is EXACTLY what they threaten to get to gain their probable cause to search.It's perfectly legal for them to detain you long enough at the roadside for a K-9 car to get there and run the dog around the car.If the dog alerts on it,BINGO legal cause to search WITHOUT your consent.
what drugs are you on?They obviously detrimentally affect your grasp on REALITY if you think they need your consent to let a K-9 sniff around your car.

so what you just said is if you tell the police "no i do not give conscnet to any searches" and they have no probable cause that they can bring in the dog to sniff your car. first of all, dont act like a smartass. thats unconstitutional and a breach of citizens rights.

[Acouwaila]

I found this video in somebody's signature the other day (don't remember whose) and would highly recommend watching it. It will tell you pretty much everything you need to know:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NmC5wHfCdM

P.S. Also watch the video in my sig, since you're down for tha krown.

lmao....in the video the guy smells the kids bag of weed and says "this smells freshly used"

how the fuck can you tell if non used marijuana has been used LOL

hahah im high as shit my bad. just thought it was funny