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.”
police state huh. keep iut ok
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We need to fight this corrupt police state starting with the top
Under Obummer’s administration, his cronies can do whatever they want wenever they want. Who needs a constitution when you have another Adolph Hitler making up his own rules.
this is bs
We are becoming a Communist country very fast and it scares the hell out of me, I don’t know about you other people think! Between that and Muslim.
This is getting to be TOO MUCH!!!!!!!!
need to get an impeachment petition going get the signatures and take it to congress show them how many people are sick of this c**p and get rid of his ass
More and more like Germany before world war 2.
No matter if DHS TRAINING is telling you officers, IT IS STILL ILLEGAL!