Pittsburgh PD Decides It Can Ignore Ordinance Banning Traffic Stops For Minor Plate Violations

Ars Technica 2023-01-19

Summary:

It’s hard to find people who care less about the law than law enforcement. Most traffic stops are pretextual. A real (or fake!) moving violation is an opportunity to go fishing for bigger fish. Conversations with drivers move from the standard requests for licenses and registrations towards anything that might broaden the scope of the […]

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https://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/18/pittsburgh-pd-decides-it-can-ignore-ordinance-banning-traffic-stops-for-minor-plate-violations/

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Authors:

Tim Cushing

Date tagged:

01/19/2023, 02:07

Date published:

01/18/2023, 23:16