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![]() Pennsylvania's High Court Rules Police No Longer Need Warrant To Search Vehicles
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![]() Nope, I live in a different state.
In the long run, yes. We've had a steady decline in freedom under the guise of stopping terrorists for a long time, and with corporate america being allowed to run rampant, most recent being the FCC not fighting for open internet.,,ie appealing the court decision(Which I feel sorry for comcast people) And sometimes I feel like it could get a lot worse before people would fight it. | ||
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Yeah, wonder why he appealed? I'll talk to a cop buddy about it, but... I was under the impression that if you refused, they'd just detain you while they get a warrant and it only made it more of a PITA for everyone. Further diggin' to come [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] | |||
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![]() Concerned? Yeah, slightly. I've never done drugs or anything like that, so I'm not really scared of police searching my car. But, that's not to say they couldn't "find" something in there if they really wanted to.
Surprised? Not even a little bit. Its basically what they were doing anyway, they've just removed your legal recourse to launch a civil suit. Humans have no real freedom anymore. It will only continue to get worse and worse. | ||
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![]() Isn't this a direct violation of the US Constituition? Even if something happened wouldn't you be able to take it to the Supreme Court or another Federal level court?
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![]() This has always been the case in most states. It says that if the police officer has probably cause, he can search without a warrant. It sounds like previously even if they SAW drugs sitting in plain site, they couldn't search. In any other state the officer would arrest you and search the car. So PA is just getting in line with most other states now.
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![]() Yeah, things can be odd in a commonwealth, as opposed to a state.
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![]() Cops able to do something when they have probable cause that a crime is being/has been committed? MADNESS!
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![]() As rogean said this is nothing new and its always been that they can search your car under the 4th amendment with probably cause.
In NY and id imagine most if not all states this is the case. If a cop smells weed coming out of your car or can spot something that even resembles something illegal from outside of the car (like a joint roach or something) or anything like that then you can 100% expect your car to get searched and there isnt anything you can do about it. It would be kind of ridiculous to think that a cop should have to leave you and your car and go get a warrant before he can search it. Its really not a big deal though. Keep your drugs/guns/kidnap victims at home. Keeping anything illegal in your car when you don't have to do is just plain stupid. | ||
Last edited by Furniture; 05-01-2014 at 11:54 AM..
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