A Tampa, FL man returned from a concert to find that his expensive business truck completely ransacked – by police.
They had no warrant and did so without his presence, simply leaving him a note, which read:
“Sir, your car was checked by TPD K-9. The vehicle was searched for marijuana due to a strong odor coming from the passenger side of the vehicle. Any questions call Cpl Fanning”
“You think if anyone is going to break into your vehicle in Ybor, the last person you think, it’s going to be the cops,” stated owner Matthew Heller.
Police actually ripped out wires and trashed the electronics in his truck, which he used as a display model for his business. They found no marijuana.
The local police dept claims they had a right to perform this search, but attorney Bryant Camareno disagrees:
“It’s an illegal search,” Camareno stated. “Usually if it’s some kind of unoccupied vehicle there has to be some level of exigent circumstance to justify searching a vehicle without a search warrant. Exigent could mean if there is a dead body inside, if there is a screaming child locked in the car, a dog but if the car is unoccupied there is no exigency to justify the search.”
That’s Communism/Islam Obama is Implementing on us!
Police state
i think the cop get a high from ripping someones car up
It is the old Probable Cause
Since when? I guess they figure if Obama can ignore our constitution they can too.
You will do anything to any one as long as they let you. He could stop this behavior.
Tell them to buy there onw refer
Really, it smelled of Obama Bull$#%&!@* so it required searching for National Defense. Obama bull$#%&!@* is lethal stuff
Trashing someone’s personal property is grounds for a private individual to go to jail……what gives the cops the right to enter and trash without probable cause….without your presence…..without a warrant! I don’t know when and who gave them this right but how would they like the militia to go to their police station and tear out wiring and trash the joint and merely state oh! We thought we smelled something………Bull C**p at its finest and they should be individually sued!
THIS IS COMMUNISM AT WORK…THERES DRUGS COMING OVER OUR BORDERS EVERYDAY,IM SURE ,SEEMS WE LIKE TO TURN ON OUR OWN HONEST AMERICANS, WITH LAND GRABS AND PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE AN HONEST LIVING…