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.”
Sue, Obama is the only one above the law.
obviously written by a liberal…incomplete story and skewed for maximum sensationalism to accommodate their agenda
Sue the City in 3, 2, 1,
over reach ???
Where is the Cons$#%&!@*ution? we lost it the day we let that moslem in our Country let along in our White House.
No. That would be a 459 cop or not
sue them out of existence!!
It happened to me at the grocery store n the 4th. Cop follwed us there and waited until we went inside. 2hrs later and a bit of cussing back and forth the group of officers decided they had nothing more to detain my family over and left. This was in west texas. My best advice is to demonstrate that you know your rights. Dont just tell them u do. Dont back down and dont let them intimidate you. You dont have to answer any questions that they cant get from running your name. If you are not being detained then u are free to go.
if they can get by air conditioned german shepherd with an at$#%&!@*ude!
Like hell they can