Court To Cops: Sucking At Your Job And Slow-Walking A Stop Means You Lose All Your Evidence

Pretextual stops. Let’s talk about it. Cops who perform traffic stops are rarely performing traffic stops because they care about traffic safety. They’re looking for something — anything — else. Driving a car on public roads puts you on the outside of the Fourth Amendment. Warrants aren’t required. Reasonable suspicion is the low bar that […]