For example, last November 19th Norman Gurley, 30, was pulled over for speeding in Northeast Ohio and then arrested on a felony charge for having a hidden compartment in his vehicle that could be used to transport controlled substances. No drugs or drug residue was found.
“During the search, they noticed some components inside the vehicle that did not appear to be factory,” Lt. Michael Combs with State Highway Patrol told WKYC . “Without the hidden compartment law, we would not have had any charges on the suspect.In other words, Mr. Gurley was booked for a felony because a trooper could imagine drugs being transported in a compartment, at some point.
A police spokesperson praised the arrest, noting that even one fewer drug “trap” car on the streets was a positive thing and downplaying the fact that Gurley didn’t have any drugs.
“We apparently caught them between runs, so to speak, so this takes away one tool they have in their illegal trade,” said Lt. Michael Combs in a statement to local news. “The law does help us and is on our side.”
It’s a justification that rings hollow to John Whitehead, president of civil liberties group the Rutherford Institute.
“Although Norman Gurley had no drugs on his person, nor in his car, nor could it be proven that he intended to conceal drugs, he was still arrested for the ‘crime’ of having a hidden compartment in the trunk of his car,” he wrote. “This is what a world without the Fourth Amendment looks like.”
Source: DailyCaller
What this is all really about is the creation of distrust. The more we are made to distrust each other, the more the state can come in with crazy laws to ‘protect us from ourselves’.
“We can’t even trust you to have a private compartment in your car that you might use for something ‘nefarious’,” the state says.
They need to read the 4th amendment. This law is unconstitutional!
this is assnine ……and people wonder why i hate cops and polititicians?
this is government control people need to stand together
Oh, Stop whining. Shoot back or say goodbye to the 4th Amendment.
Stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If it was secrtet how did the cop find it??? Ilegal unconstitutional search????? Can they prove this man knew it was there or that he made it???? Maybe it was there when he bought the car. This is called Nazism!!!!!!
I was reading this in my 12th grade government class to students in my group for our amendment project who did not pay attention to me at all and had no clue what I was reading and I just wanted to share that with all of you. thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed my ten second story! Yours truly, Joe Mama (: