Sixth Circuit Tosses Evidence After Cop Can’t Find One Credible Reason For Extending A Traffic Stop
Techdirt. 2024-11-22
Summary:
This stop may not have been all that pretextual — after all, the officer clocked the driver doing 69 mph in a 55 mph speed limit — but it swiftly turned pretextual for reasons the officer couldn’t competently explain. And that’s what cost the officer (and the prosecution) their evidence. Back in 2015, the Supreme […]