Couple of things.....
In MS we have the Castle Doctrine that says your vehicle is an extension of your home and the same search and seizure rules that apply to your house apply to your home. With that said, if you get pulled over and the vehicle reeks of weed you are going to get searched no matter if you pull out a protest sign unless the cop is in a really good mood or is in a hurry to get somewhere else.
Billy, don't take this the wrong way, but the reason this country is going to shame is not b/c citizens want to exercise their God given and constitutionally backed civil rights. Civil rights in this country have always caused a cop's job to be harder, don't like it, find another line of work. You knew the game when you joined. Do not, however, expect us to give up our rights to make your job easier. .
No offense taken but don't change the rules of the game in the middle of it. The car reeks of weed, don't it harder to get it..
Here in NJ we don't have the Castle Doctrine. I have heard bits and pieces of it and pretty much agree with some of it.
A car is on a public road, it's on public property so I can walk up to it and look in the window. I don't believe it should the same search and siezure laws as ones house. A car is mobile. Ones house is property owned by an individual. It has nothing to do with civil rights.
I was arrested because when LE searched my car because it smelled like weed. Wa wa wa wa I should free because I didn't consent to the search. My civil rights were violated....No a$$hole your civil rights were not violated, you had weed in your car. Case closed
Billy T.
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